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luisii (.Ai;j)i:M.N(i 



iMU-k. all liiHt i»ca»iii'8 KiMWilt hluirtviicil ami Ijnl 

 in llniily. Thr autuiiin-IIowrriiiK' Cli-matih, suiU 

 as .liii-ktiiaiiiii, laitUKiiioMt, \(-., may lie nit lutrk 

 aiitl li.tl to tli.-ir Mii'|Mirts. Sonu. wall (ilinil.s 

 ami i-liml><-r>i may Nlill l>c plant «•(!. 



Stilanum jaNiiiinaiiUrs. a vc-ry liKlit-j^iMwinK 

 «liml..r with llM.^.• triivstN nf whili- |iut.it«.-lik.' 

 llow»-rs. which an- pnulmfd fr.rly lat.-r <>m in tin- 

 yt-ar. 



Wi.slaria may .still In- planli-d, antl N'itis 

 \\'ilM..na«. <in,. .if 'lli,- many charminu vin<-.s snilaMf 

 fur wall nr tri-llis wurk. 



.lasmimim nuilillorum and l'(>lyK"num 



l»al»ls«huani«»im. the lall.-r an atlracliv.- ;iii(l 

 rapid rlimli.r. witli pink f.alli.-ry lluwi-rs. 



1*\ rat-itntha an^ii^lifidia anil I*, (-nccinca, )><>lli 

 i»f which carry WriKhtly culdim-d loTrics. and ilu- 

 Itlut'-llowcrcd Ci-anuthus Vcitihianus may all still 

 l>f i>lant< d. 



The Kri>und wlu-rc Imllis ar.- pusliinK up ma> 

 Ih- ftirkcd ovi-r. ami later "n sci-ds .if s.im.- fr..- 

 Kr«iwinK' annuals may In- scatter, d liroadi ast 

 thningh the lines, and s.i cover tiie iiai-.- K'""''.'>d 

 dnriuK n.\t summer and early aiitum'i. Look 

 overall the sprini; lieddinK stulT that was planted 

 out last autunin. and i'e|>lai'e an.l secui-.- sueii 

 plants as Polyanthus. Wallllowers. My.sotis. 

 Tansii-s, Violas and .ithers. lien- tile advauta;,'e 

 i»f ke.-pinK h.ick a f.-w plants .d e.i.li variety will 

 be demonstrated, as a wint.-r of hi^li winds and 

 storm.s. .such as the piist .me has l)een. always 

 leiivcsit.s mark, especially a monKsl the Wallllowers. 

 Jind no jjood results can he expected from plants 

 that have heen swept round and round hy tin- 

 wind and have lost their hold in the liinund. 



Eupatorium Weiiimannianum. 



This, alth lU^h a Mexican slinili. can !•• i:riiwn 

 out.siilc in certjun parts of h-elaml and in tli.- 

 s.iuth and west of Knitlantl. A line sunny 

 autunui is essential to the projier development 

 of the liower-heatls which are produced in 

 OctolM-r. Till- tlower-ht-ads are white, pro- 

 «lu<-t-d in larne corymhs, and are sweet-scented, 

 which pi-ohahiy accmuds for tin- attraction tiiey 

 po.ss»-ss for Itutl.-rllii-s. 



Mr. K. II. Walpol.- n..ti.-.-.l last autumn at 

 Mount I'sh.-r a lar^'e numln-r of •' Jti-d Admirals " 

 busily en^a>;«-d upon tlu- Imsh.-s llu-re. 



As the lloweis are pi-oduced <»n wood of the 

 current si-a.son's gi-owth, jirunini,' should l)e done 

 in spriuK. so that K<'<'d {growth may ensue duviuK 

 the sunnner. Where E. Weinmanniana cannot 

 be relied .in to llower <iid.side it may he grown 

 a.s a p.it plant, and makes an admirahle green- 

 house subject for autunm llowernig. Cuttings 

 of the young growth.s taki-n in early smnmer, 

 when 3-4 inches long, root readily in a c-ool 

 house or frame k.-i>t dose and shaded. When 

 r.iotv-d they may 1..- p..tt.-d olT singly, and when 

 gmwing fr.-.-ly jiinclu-d to induce th<- lower buds 

 to bn-ak into gr«iwth. During sunnner the 

 jilants may b.- plung.-d outside in a sunny ]io.sition 

 to en.sure rijieniiig ..f the gmwths. A shift into 

 six-inch jnits will b.- necessary when the first 

 t)ne6 ai-e fairly full of roots, and towards the end 

 of summer weak liquid nianun- once a week Is 

 beneficial. Early in September move the ]>lants 

 into the greenhouse, where they will soon come 

 into flower, and will make a nice show before 

 the main batch of Chrvsanth.-mums is open. 



13. 



Irisli Gardeners' Society. 



Till; Annual (Jem-ral Meeting of ll..- Irish 

 « lard-n.rs' Ass<iciat ion and H.-m-volc ni S<iri.ts 

 was h.ld on 2*;ih .lanuarv. 1)11(1. in lb.- |). !{.('. 

 U.M.ms. 7 L..w.-r Sa. kvill.- Str.-.l. jtubiiii. Mr. 

 William Ish.-r. I'l-.-sid.-nl . o,-,upi.-d th.- chair, and 

 th.r.- was a g.iod altt-iulance of im-mbers. 



Th.- annual r.-porl and stati-im-nl of a«-counls 

 f.ir I h.- y.-ar .-nding :S I st I )ec.-mb.-r. 1 1) I .'*. n-mark.-d 

 on the'.-ontinu. d pr.igress of the Society. Th.- 

 total surplus funds n.iw invested amount to 

 L'Tnn 7s. tld. and th.- interest .-armd on sam.- 

 tluring th.- yt-ar am.uvits to £21 12s. Sd. Tlu- 

 < 'iiiiimilt.-e. during the year, w.-re abl.- to inv.sl 

 another find. whi. Ii th.-y put in War L<ian Sin. k. 

 The cash in hands and b.-ink amounts to L'.'iti 

 is.s. (id. Til.- mimb.r of n.-w m.-mb.-rs .•nioji.-d 

 durin;,' th.- \.-.ir w.is fouit.-.-n. The b.st thanks 

 • if lb.- Soci.-iv an- du.- and li.-r.-bv t.-n<l.-red to Sir 

 Fr. (li-i.-k .ind Ladv Moor.- f.u- tli.-ir kind invita- 

 ti.in t.) visit the Itoyal Botanic (ntrdeiis. (dasn.-vin, 

 in .liin.-. and for Ihi- v.-ry hospitabh- manm-r in 

 which Ih.-y were welcom.-d by l-ady .Moon-. 

 Since our la.st report a numli.-r of members id 

 both .sections havi- joined His ^lajesty's Forces, 

 and are now serving on tin- Continent or in the 

 various jiarts of tin- Kingdom, and the members 

 at home will walcli witli anxiety their can-i-r in 

 their iK-w sphere, and earmstlv prav that tlu-v 

 mav all com.- safelv tliiouub th.- oidi-al. and theV 

 shall be glad to wi'-lcoim- them liack as mejnb.-r.s 

 again on their return. 



.Mr. W. F. (iunn. .I.P.. in moving the adoption 

 of the report, .said that tlu- Society wa.s now in .in 

 exceptionallv .strong position. In the ordinarv 

 section they" had made a i.rolit of t;7<J I Ss. ()d.. 

 which was very sati.sfactorv. Thev wi-n- deejilv 

 indebted to the members ;)f the trade for theiV 

 silltstantial subscriptions. They woidd al.so 

 observe that the benelits to the niembi-rs had been 

 considerably imreased. They had 27 members 

 of the Society either serving at the front or 

 in training, and Ib.it was vi-rv creditable, 

 indeed. 



The motion was SITU ndr. I by Mi-, .lam.-s O'Toole 

 and sui)ported l)y .Mr. W'illiani S. Hall and .Mr. 

 .lames Turner, and was luianiiiiou^lx adopted. 



Formalin as a Spray against American 

 Gooseberry Mildew. 



B. Paxtex, of Kazmier/., Posen, rei)orts the 

 results of spraying with a 1 ])er cent, solution of 

 1(1 i>ei'cent. formalin against American gooseberry 

 mildew (Spbaerolbeca mor.s-uvae). The bushes 

 Were sprayeil in early spring before the ajjpear- 

 ance of tile leaves and again before flowering, 

 taking care to wet all the wood and bt»th leaf- 

 surfaces. 



By this method the lichens and mosses growing 

 oil the older liushes were i-ifectively destroyed. 

 During l!Ji:5 and llJll the bushes si)rayed were 

 unite free from attack, whilst those in neigh- 

 bouring iilantations were very severely attacked. 

 Bordeaux mixture had been tried for three years 

 without succe.ss, as all the buslies had become 

 attacked by the disea.^e. — Moiilldy Bulletin of 

 AiiriciiUurul T nlclUqeincdnd Plant Diseases, .luh, 

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