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IRISH GARDENING. 



largely planted now, for they are very cheap and 

 exceedingly useful for cutting. Japanese and 

 Siberian Iris with Iris Susiana, stylosa, reticuli 



find a place among everything that is good. 

 This well-known firm makes a feature ol Cottage 

 and Darwin Tulips, and their flowers staged at 

 the leading London shows are always a feature, 

 and have been awarded 6 Silver Cups and 18 Gold 

 Medals. Successes like these mean a large 

 collection and fine flowers, and to produce good 

 flowers one musl have good strong bulbs. 

 Messrs. Ant. Roozen & Son, Overveen, near 

 Haarlem, send a copj of their 1913 Catalogue 

 of Bulbs and Roots. Collections of bulbs are 

 offered both for the garden and for the green- 

 house which give very good value a noveltj lisl 

 of plants and bulbs follows, where inanj good 

 plants are quoted. There arc long lists ..I' the 

 named varieties of Hyacinths, Tulips and Narcissi 

 which this old-established Dutch linn grows on 

 ;i very large -rale and cultural hints are given 

 l,, these and the mosl importanl plants through- 

 out this large and comprehensive list. Iris. 

 I ias, Ranunculus and all the popular bulbs are 

 uttered, while there are rarities which are seldom 

 seen in gardens. Towards the end is a lisl of 

 climbers and a good -election of hardy herbaceous 

 p| ;1 , it-. The catalogue may he obtained post 

 IV, .e on application to the London agents, .Messrs. 

 Mertens & Co., 3 Cross Lane, St. Mary-at-HHi, 

 London. E.G. 



Mr. T. Smith, of Newry, sends his list of hard} 

 hull s. tubers, conns, &c, and as usual it is lull 

 of interest to the gardener and flower lover. 

 Very lull lists are given of the best varieties of 

 the more popular lines, such as Tulips. Daffodils 

 Crocuses, &c. The -real value of the Newry 



SUTTON'S 



BULBS . 



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Sutton's Bulb Catalogue for 1913 



implete Lists and hill 

 riptions oi all the best varieties ol 



I I acinths, Tulips, Narcissi, &c. 



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list however lies in the admirable selection of 

 speeies and genera not listed by those who cater 

 only for a spring display. The list of Crocus 

 species, for instance, includes numerous kinds for 

 spring, autumn and winter flowering, and like- 

 wise main gems for the border and rockery are 

 to l.e found among the species of Tulips. A 

 choice collection of Irises contains many line 



things, while Snowdrops. Aconites. Lilillllis. 



Erythroniums, and many another are there to 

 tempt the enthusiast and fill his garden with beauty 

 at all seasons. We notice Mr. Smith recommends 

 Chionodoxas for grass, hut hitherto any attempt 

 to utilise them iii this way has not seemed to us 

 an unqualified -uins>. 



Reviews. 



Bulbs and their Cultivation * 



During the autumn tons of hulhs imported iron 

 Holland, to say nothing of the immense number 

 grown in the home area, will be distributed to 

 growers in all parts of the country. Many from 



long experience will know how to mow these to 



.perfection: thousands of others will not. Hence, 

 the second edition of Mr. Sanders' popular work 

 conies out at a time|\ moment, and can he 

 thoroughly recommended, not only t<> those who 

 need advice, inii also to others, as a valuable work 

 of reference. The hook has all the qualities we 

 have learned to expect from Mr. Sanders and the 

 publishers; it is thoroughly practical, brief, hut 

 pointed in it s ad vice, well printed, and heaut i fully 



* • Bulbs ami their Cultivation." By I. »\\ Sanders, F.L.S., 

 editor of " Amateur curd' urn. " (London : •'. l<//»'. <*/ Garden 



lis and 149 Aldersgate Street E.C Cloth, ^04 iwl'cs. 32 

 Full-page plates and other illustrations, ^s. 6d. net). 



