IRISH GARDENING. 



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New Books. 



Vegetable Growing made Easy. ByOwkx Thomas 

 and Georgia W'ytiies, V.M.H. Published by 

 the proprietors of Country Life, 20 Tavistock 

 Street, Covenl Garden, London. Price, Is. net. 



This addition to the library of the gardener is an 

 admirable little work on vegetable growing. 

 Certainly the authors have stated in clear and 

 concise terms the conditions that make for 

 success in the cultivation of vegetables. The 

 formation of a kitchen garden, the' rotation of 

 crops, popular and rare vegetables' are the sub- 

 jects of most interesting chapters. Amateurs 

 especially will fully appreciate the Time Table 

 for Beginners, which forms portion of the last 

 chapter of the cultural portion. Here is shown 

 the date of sowing and the maturing of the crop, 

 one of the most valuable details to the kitchen 

 gardener. There is, of course, a woman in the 

 case. In the second part the lady tells us how to 

 cook the vegetables, a lesson indeed that is sadly 

 needed. This portion deals in detail with the 

 cooking of vegetables, French dishes and recipes, 

 and dried vegetables. Altogether the book is to 

 be recommended, being plain and practical, having 

 numerous illustrations, and written by the 

 leading experts of the day. J. T. 



The Practical School Garden, Note, and Record 

 Boole. By John Weathers. Longmans. 

 Green «t Co. Price. 6d. 



This notebook has been adapted for use in 

 school gardens, horticultural colleges. &c. Its 

 intention is to be a guide and reference to the 

 scholar. By usini; il the student will be able 

 In take concise and well arranged notes upon 

 garden subjects. 



Show Quips. 



It was, of course, simply impossible there would 

 be any but the tag, rag. and bobtail of the 

 Narcissi at the Dublin Show, but, thanks to our 

 wretched Irish climate, it was the impossible 

 that happened, as it has done before, and will 

 likely do again. The Daffs were there, and to 

 all appearance m their prime, but what gardener 

 could or would forego his privilege of growling ? 

 " Never saw such a season, my King Alfred went 

 to the divil on me." and. ' Madame de Craaff 

 i< not yet out." Cut. and be i1 noted, the Com- 

 plaisance of the cral'1 where the shifting up of 

 specimens after staging was necessitated, or some 

 other " figary " of the powers that be. came into 

 play, which across Channel " would provoke a 

 saint." ami does, including some that are not, 

 was invariably received with a courtesy that 

 English exhibitors generally. and English 

 gardener^ in particular, would do well to copy. 

 But. by the same token, why will our confreres 

 of the craft persist (some of them) in showing 

 Roses in such dreadfully dirty pots? Previous 

 years, we are aware, it was for " want of time." 

 Is it. we wonder, a similar shortage which 

 prevented a few minutes scrubbing of these 

 venerable relics of the potter's art which annually 

 gel dirtier and drabbier in the wearing o" the 

 green ! Will the growers of that superb 

 Mignonette, invariably found at our Lublin 

 Shows, kindly note that both the red and golden 

 varieties are equally amenable for Show purposes, 

 and would add a charm by variety! We are 

 aware that the big specimen plant, stove or 

 greenhouse, the pride and glory of the gardeners 

 of auld lang syne, is as extinct as the Dodo, but 

 where were the little 'uns — Spiraeas, small 

 Azaleas, and what not ? Are we doomed to lose 

 them too ? The two little lots of plants suitable 



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