IRISH GARDENING. 



Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland* 



The annual general meeting was held at the 

 offices, 5 Mo lesworth Street, Dublin, on the 10th 

 ult., an unusvi,ally good attendance of members 

 being present. The chair beini taken at 4 p.m. 

 by Lord Frederick FitzGerald, and the ijreliminary 

 bv;siness having been transacted. Sir Frederick W. 

 Moore (Hon. Secretary) read the SOth Annual 

 Report, which, with the statement of accounts 

 for the year ending December 1st, 1915. was 

 moved for adoption by Canon Kingsmill Moore, 

 D.D., and seconded by Mr. D. MacLeod. Both 

 mover and seconder spoke in able terms of the 

 work of the society, especially I'ef erring to the 

 work which had been done, and was being done, 

 for our sailors in sup])lying them with fresh fruit 

 and vegetables, by the Irish Branch of the 

 Vegetable Produce Committee, under the auspices 

 of the society. The report and accounts were 

 unanimously adopted. On the motion of Lady 

 Moore seconded, by Lady Albreda Bourke, of 

 the eight I'etiring members of the Council 

 the following were duly re-elected, viz. : — Sir 

 Frederick W. Moore (Hon. Secretary) ; G. M. 

 Ross, M.A. : H. P. Goodbody, Robert Anderson, 

 and W. F. Gunn, J.P. Messrs. A. V. Montgomery, 

 H. Bill, and R. G. Martin (practical) being 

 elected to fill the vacancies. Mr. A. V. Mont- 

 gomery being moved to the second chair, Mr. 

 .Tames Robertson, .LP., proposed a cordial vote 

 of thanks to the cliairman for his courtesy in 

 presiding, which, seconded by Mr. E. D'Olier, 

 was passed with acclamation. ' 



Correspondence. 



TO THE EDITOR OK IRISH GARDENING. 



Dear Sir, — I. should like to endorse every 

 word of E. B.'s letter regarding Michaelmas 

 Daisy, Climax. It is a noble plant, and forms 

 one of the most striking features in the garden in 

 autumn. It is certainly the finest Aster I have 

 grown, and it increases rapidly. Its quality of 

 flowering in late September continuing well into 

 October, when most herbaceous plants are ])ast 

 their best, further enhances its value. The great 

 length of stalk, on which the side clusters of 

 flower are borne, renders it most amenable to 

 arrangement in vases, and the length of time that 

 this variety will keep fresh when cut is quite 

 remarkable, in some cases it will last a fortnight. 

 To get the best results from this, and others of 

 its class, the growths should be well thinned out 

 in spring, and each shoot staked out separately. 

 This method favours the development of side 

 growths and flowers uy) the whole length of the 

 stem.— T. E. T. iBessbnrough). 



Notices 

 Trials at Wisley. 



Tubers of late potatoes (20 of each variety) and 

 seeds of Clarkia, Godetia, Annual Carnations and 

 Indian Pinks, Migironette, Larkspurs, Annual 

 Delphiniums, Sunflowers, mid-season peas, 



SWEET PEAS 



Edmondson's Eblana Collections of the 25 Best New 

 Giant Flowered Sorts. 



25 VARIETIES, 25 SEEDS EACH, FOR 16 

 25 DO. 50 DO. FOR 2 6 



The "MINOR EBLANA" Collection. 12 Choice Sorts, 1/- 

 EBLANA MIXTURE.— 1 quart, 6/- ; 1 pint, 3/3; i pint, 1/9; peroz., 4d. 

 GIANT FLOWERED MIXTURE— per lb.. 7/6; \ lb., 4 - ; peroz., 8d. 

 "SPENCER" MIXTURE— per ^ lb,, 5 - ; per oz., 1 6. 



EDMONDSON BROS. 



DUBLIN 



SEEDSMEN 



10 DAME STREET 



