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dwarf, busliv plants for beds and the front of 

 borders, this " Bab_\ lianibler " makes a 

 beautiful standai'd. As eut flowers for vases 

 their beautv and lasting qualities ai'e as yet by 

 no means fully a|)preciated. INIrs. W. H. Cut- 

 bush was introduced by Messrs. Cutbush, of 

 Highgate, neiw liondon, in 1007. To complete 

 a set of five eomijanion plants, select Jessie, 

 dark rosy I'ed : Katherine Zeirnet, white; 

 Orleans, light I'osy I'ed, white centre; I^aby 

 Tausendschon, pink. 



The Dwarf I'olyantha Roses propagate 

 readily by cuttings and grow freely on their 

 own roots. They require very little pruning, 

 the removal of the older wood to the base, and 

 keeping the centi-e of the plants fi-om becoming 

 crowded is usuallv sufficient. A. O. 



Crataegus orientalis. 



Tins is one of tlie smaller tlioi'ns and a very 

 distinct and beautiful tree for a lawn specimen, 

 (irown as a standard it forms a fiattish, round- 

 headed tree up to 18 feet or more in height. 

 Tlie leaves are not large, deeply lobed, downy 

 on both surfaces, and greyish beneatli. The 

 t)'ee in most years during early June is covered 

 witli corymbs of white blossoms, followed in 

 autunm by a heavy crop of comitai'atively lai'g" 

 orange-red fruits. The variety sanguinea, as 

 the name suggests, has dark red fruits. 



A. O. 



Appointment. 



MISS R. M. POLLOCK. 



Miss Pollock, who was for tliirteon years Sec- 

 retary to Sir Frederick Moore at the Royal 

 Bdlanic Gardens. Glasneviu, lias been recently 

 transferred to the Plant Breeding Division of the 

 Department of Agriculture iuid Technical Instruc- 

 tion. In lier new post slie will act as assistant to 

 Captain Hunter, who lias heen relea.!ed ))y the 

 Military Authorities to continue the impoiUant 

 work of raising and testing new strains of agr'- 

 cultral plamts suita1)le for Ireland. Miss Pollock's 

 long experience in the garden and office at the 

 Botanic Gardens shoukl prove invaluable in the 

 important research work wliich this division will 

 have to conduct for many years to come. 



Keenly interested in horticuMure, Mi-s Pollock 

 has been a frequent contri))utor to this Journal, 

 and we earne.s'tly hope that we may still retain her 

 services in this coiuiection. Misi; Pollock will be 

 part of her time in Dublin and part at the Depart- 

 ment's .Station, ^lidlelon, Co. Cork. Readers who 

 have l)een familiar with oiu' friend's writings 

 since Irish Gardening was first publislied will 

 congratulate her on the recognition of her work 

 by the Depar*tment. 



Climbing Beans. 

 Their High Food Value. 



Thk Royal llorticidtural Society wishes to draw 

 .•attention to the extensive trial of climbing Beans 

 of all kinds carried out in their Gardens at 

 NA'isley. Ripley. Surrey. The higli food value 

 of these plants makes them most valuable to 

 gi'ow in the garden, and the Council feels that 

 they are cultivated far too little. All types 

 were well represented in the collections growing 

 there (189 stocks), and comparisons could readily 

 be made of their habit of growth and cropping 

 qualities. The use of the pods in the green state 

 is, of course, well known to all, but compara- 

 tively few realize the value of many varieties, 

 such as the wax pods, for cooking whole, the 

 u.sefulne.ss and high food value of the half-ripe 

 seeds, and the po.ssibility of growing haricot 

 beans for storing dry and use in winter. Any 

 variety may in fact be used, but differences in 

 yield, colour and flavoui- make some more 

 desii'able than otheis. 



[We wou'd be glad, to hear from any who have 

 grown H i\cot; in In-laiid during the past 

 sf.mmei- — Kd. I. .1.] 



Allotment Observations, 



Bv 



.1. llrRi.RY. Superintendent^ Corporation of 

 Dublin Land Cultivation Committee. 



I.v view of the great w'ork done by the allotment 

 workers in the (Uty of I)ul)lin last year, and the 

 increasing demand for plots at the present time, 

 it is of the utmost importance that sufficient 

 land lie ac([uired to provide for the wants of all 

 applicants. Up to October 1st fibout 1.0(1(1 

 applications have been received, a.nd it is esti- 

 ruated that at least 1,000 more will be forth- 

 (^oming by early November. Several pieces of 

 untilied land are still to be seen within the city 

 boundary, which is certainly unfair to the 

 would-be ])lotter. At the present time Cabbages 

 ai-e retailed at (id. per head. Such fabulous prices 

 can surely be a- verted ; therefore the respon.sible 

 authority siiould at once secure this untilied land. 

 Undoubtedly the citizen is at the mercy of the 

 dairyman for his milk supply, as no means have 

 yet been devised by wJiich he can supply this 

 want for his fanuly, but certainly every man who 

 is prepared to pi'ovide sufficient vegetables for 

 his household wants shoidd get an f)pport unity 

 fif doing so. 



Is it ])ossible thai, applicants will be told this 

 year, as they were last, thati tlie untilied lands 

 within the city boundary are needed as golf 

 links, tennis covu'ts and cattle stands ? If this 

 be the case, food production — the aim of all 

 people interested in the welfare of this country — 

 must suffer while profiteering goes merrily on. 



This allotment movement has come to stay, 

 and to all who pai'take of the work it is good, 

 physically and morally. 



There ai'e two ways by which land may be 

 acquired for allotments: — {a) By the voluntary 

 agreement of the landowner with the local 

 authority; (b) by compulsory powers given to 

 local authorities." The former is much the more 

 satisfactory, but in many cases the latter has 

 hnd to be resorted to. 



