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IRISH GARDENING. 



Obituary. 



Mi;. Robert Sydenham. 

 With greal regrel we record the death of Mr. 

 Robert Sydenham, of Birmingham. Ou Friday, 

 July 1 si 1 i . hewenl from [.ondon to the Birming- 

 ham Show : on Saturday, July L9th, he was 

 at his offices in Tenby Street, and was there 

 Found insensible a1 11 o'clock, never regaining 

 consciousness. 



Mr. It. Sydenham was horn at Salisbury in 

 L848, and there received his early education. 

 Be was firsl apprenticed to a firm of general 

 merchants, and then went into partnership 

 with a brother in the jewellery business. 



Gardening was his hobby. Firsl he began to 

 buy bulbs for his friends ; then he started a small 

 business in seels and bulbs, which has grown to 

 be one of the besl known of its kind. Sweel 

 Peas, Daffodils and Carnal ions were the subjects 

 for which he was best known, and man\ of his 

 competitors admired his energy and business 

 talent. 



Mr. R. Sydenham was a good friend to the 

 Midland Daffodil and other societies and chari- 

 md many will miss his generosity and 

 friendship. 



Correspondence. 



Sir,— As it stands. Messrs. R. Wallace & Co.'s 

 letter on page s of your issue for July seems 

 rai her misleading. 



The so-called Iris laevigata alba is. 1 think, only 

 an albino form of 1. orientalis, the Eastern 

 relative of the European I. sibirica. The plant 

 i - sent out by Japanese linns under the name ot 

 laevigata, bul it has nothing to do with that 



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species, of which, indeed, there is no pure white 

 form known, the variety albo-purpurea being 

 t he nearest approach to it . 



•• Snow Queen " and " laevigata alba " are only 

 seedling forms ol' the same species, and. though 

 tin- latter is certainly more vigorous than the 

 former, it is no1 a difficull matter to raise other 

 seedlings which are equally, il' not more, vigorous 

 and floriferous. 



A real white laevigata would indeed be a glorious 

 Iris, as tin' blue type is. to my mind, by far the 

 best blue Iris in existence. This year I have 

 had a number of seedling plants of ii in flower, 



and as each stein produces as many as four 

 Mowers in succession from the single terminal 

 head, the display continues lor some considerable 

 time. Unfortunately, 1- laevigata is an extremely 

 rare plant. It is entirely distinct from I. Kaemp- 

 Eeri, from which it may he distinguished by 

 having no raised central ribs on its foliage and 

 by its seeds, which closely resemble those of 

 I. pseudoacorus. — Yours faithfully. 



\\ . Et. Dykes. 

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Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland. 



THE monthly meeting of the Council was held at 

 the society's offices, 5 Molesworth Street. Dublin, 

 • hi t he 1 1th ult. A letter was read from t he Royal 

 l>u hi in Society stating thai a sum of one hundred 

 guineas had been voted for the Spring Flower 

 Show for 1914, arrangements for which will he 

 on the same lines as previously. Judges were 

 nominated for the Autumn Show to he held in 

 Lord fveagh's Grounds, Stephen's Green, Dublin, 

 on Tuesday, August 26th, and other arrangement s 

 made, including an alteration in the closing time. 



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