IRISH GARDENING. 



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Catalogues^ &c. — continued 



Messrs. Drummoxd & S'oxs, Ltd., Dawson 

 Street, Dublin, have issued their Garden Seed 

 List foi. 1916, and readers will do well to obtain 

 a copy. Xumerovis novelties are attractive and 

 the pages are well filled with illustrations of the 

 firm's specialities. Messrs. Drummond have a 

 fine record, and their strains are of noted ex- 

 cellence, and we can confidently direct attention 

 to their Catalogue witli the knowledge that cus- 

 tomers will not be disappointed. 



Messrs. Dickson's of Chester, kindly send their 

 new season's List of Seeds, &c., and tlieir clients 

 will find it equal to any yet issued. The name 

 of Dickson's, Chester, is a household word where- 

 ever horticulture is practised, and with svich a 

 reinitation to maintain, cvistoniers may rely on 

 being well served. A notable featxu'e of the 

 Catalogue is the List of Tools and other garden 

 Accessories, comprising practically everything re- 

 quirad in a garden, large cr small. 



Winter Spraying of Fruit Trees, 



THE following cxtrr.iits are from the "' Spraying 

 Calendar," given by Professor Pickering, M.A., 

 F.R,S., Director of the Wobuni Experimental Fruit Farm, 

 and F. V. Theobald, M.A., Vice-Principal, South Eastern 

 Agricultural College, Wye, Kent, in their very useful hand 

 book, "Fruit Trees and their Enemies." (Copies of this 

 book can be had jjost free for Is. 9d. each.) 



" Apart from the consideration of the direct action of a 

 winter wash in destroying various pests which are pi'obabh' 

 present, moss, lichen and dead bark must always accumu- 

 late, and the freer trees are kept from these the healthier 

 they will be, and the less will be the opportimities afforded 

 for insects to flourish on them." 



" From Januarjr to March. — Spray tree with a caustic 

 paraffin emulsion for cleansing them of dead bark, and 

 destroying moss, lichen, mussel scale, small apple, ermin 

 moth, gooseberry and currant scale, gooseberry spidj r 

 currant shoot and fruit moth, pear leaf blister mite, and 

 possibly other insects." 



Winter spraying is now resorted to by practicality every 

 up-to-date fruit grower. The formula most recommendetl 

 for Winter Spraj^ing Emulsion is as follows : — Soft soap, 

 .', lb. ; paraffin (solar distillate), o pints; caustic soda, 2 to 

 •1\ lbs. ; water, 9i gallons. The necessary articles for this, 

 and all other Spraying and Fumigating Mixtures can be 

 had, with directions for mixing, from D. M. Watson, 

 M.P.S., Horticultural Chemist, (U South Great George's 

 Street, Dublin. 'Phone, 1971. 



.TOURXAL OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. — The 



November issue as usual contains much of interest 

 to agricixlturists. The opening article on " Wire 

 Fencing," by Professor Somervile, of Oxford, is 

 well worth the attention of gardeners, farmers 

 and foresters. He goes minutely into the actual 

 operation of erecting a wire fence, describes how 

 the work v^as done in a given instance, and care- 

 fully gives the cost of every item, including 

 labour, so that anyone contem]dating erecting a 

 similar fence can at once approximately estimate 

 what it may cost, allowing for increase in prices 

 since the war commenced. 



THE 



NONE-SO-HARDY 

 Nursery Products 



Are absolutely healthy and regularly transplanted 



(Deiiartment Inspected) 

 A few lines arc . . 



APPLE TREES, in fruiting state, 9/- to 15 - doz. 

 LARCH, SCOTCH, SPRUCE, splendid plant- 

 ing stuff, from 2/6 per lOll from 20'- per 1,000 

 THORN QUICKS, from lO/- to 25;- per 1,000 

 All other Trees and Shrubs for general planting at 



similar low rates 

 A small trial order will conrinee of I he verv meritorious 

 quality of our sUilT 



Very extensive stock to select from. Satisfaction 

 assured .-. Catalogrues free on application 



W. HAMMOND, """"s'mLLEilAGH"" 



1916 



New Volume 



IRISH GARDENING 



The new volume will sustain the old 

 standard of excellence as to authori- 

 tative articles on both the practical 

 and scientific side of gardening-, but 

 new features and new writers will be 

 introduced during the course of the 

 year. Every Irish gardener and every 

 owner of any size garden in Ire- 

 land should obtain Irish Gardening 

 (monthly) and read it! and having 

 read it should preserve it for bind- 

 ing — it is worth it. 



Last year's volume (1915) can be 

 supplied bound in Green Cloth, 5/- 

 post free. 



