IRISH GARDENING. 



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Royal Horticultural Society. 



The monthly meeting of the Council was held at 

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

 on the 14th ult.. Alderman Bewley presiding. 

 Matters relevant to the recently held winter show 

 were dealt with and accounts in connection with 

 it ordered for payment : prize money to be paid 

 as soon as cash due on presented prizes is col- 

 lected. Preliminary arrangements were made for 

 holding the annual general meeting at the offices, 

 5 Molesworth Street, in December. (Notice of 

 retiring members of Council were posted to 

 members of the society on the 20th Oct.) No. 3 

 Record of Proceedings, containing the papers 

 read at the Fruit Conference with list of the 

 prize winners at the show, has also been posted 

 to members of the society : spare copies still 

 being available to non-members at sevenpence, 

 post free. A double-flowered form of Primula 

 malacoides raised by Mr. C. Coppen, gardener to 

 Lord Carew. Castleboro', Wexford, sent in for 

 inspection, was granted an Award of Merit. The 

 stock of this novelty has, we understand, now 

 been acquired by Messrs. Bees, Ltd. The Rev. 

 T. V. Nolan, St. Francis Xavier's. Upper 

 Gardiner Street, Dublin, and Mrs. Macnamara, 

 Ennistymon House. Co. Clare, were elected 

 members of the society. Mi-. .1. Eccles, 

 Parmleigh Gardens, Castleknock, being elected 

 an Associate. 



Shows 



Ulster Horticultural Society. 



The annual Chrysanthemum and Fruit Show 

 was held in St. George's Covered Market on 

 November 11th and 12th. For many years the 

 Society has held a leading position, 'and claims 

 t be support of horticulturists throughout Ireland. 



The opening ceremony was performed by the 

 Duchess of Abercorn, with the Lord Mayor (Mi'. 

 K. .1. MMordie. J.P.), who is President of the 

 Society, in the chair. 



It was an excellent all round show, in which 

 the Chrysanthemums dominated the picture 

 more than they have done in recent years. The 

 reason is not that the numbers of these charming 

 flowers on view have greatly increased, but that 

 the effects of the unfavourable hardy fruit season 

 are indicated in a considerable contraction of the 

 •xhibits in the fruit department. And for 

 several years past it has been a question of hardy 

 fruit rather than Chrysanthemums as the pre- 

 dominant feature. 



To all lovers of flowers the show is an annual 

 source of delight, and there can be no doubt that 

 through the operations of this excellent society 

 a great impetus has been given to the cultivation 

 of the Chrysanthemum. Each show has its own 

 particular feature of excellence, and it can well 

 be understood that in an undertaking of such 

 great dimensions a new feature must be of a very 



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