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IRISH GARDENING. 



Winter Spraying of Fruit Trees. 



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HE following extracts are from the '" Spraying 

 Calendar," given by Professor Pickering, ^I.A., 

 P\R.S., Dii*ector of the Woburnr 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 post 

 free for Is. 9d. each.) 



" Apart from the consideration of the direct action 

 of a winter waish in destroying various pests which 

 are probably present, moss, lichen and dead bark 

 must always accumulate, and the freer trees are 

 kept from these the healthier they will be, and the 

 less will be the opportunities afforded for insects to 

 flourish on them." 



" From January to March. — Spray tree with a 

 caustic paraffin emulsion for cleansing them of dead 

 liark, and destroying moss, lichen, mussel scale, 

 small apple ermin moth, gooseberry and currant 

 scale, gooseberry spider, currant shoot and fruit 

 moth, pear leaf blister mite, and possibly other in- 

 sects." 



Winter spraying is now resorted to by practically 

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

 reeommended for Winter Spraying Emulsion is as 

 follows :— Soft soap ^ lb.; paraffin (solar distillate) 

 5 pints', caustic soda, 2 to 2^1bs. ; water, 9| gallons. 

 The necessary articles for this and all other Spray- 

 ing and Fumigating Mixtures can be had, with 

 directions for mixing, from D. M. Watson, M.P.S., 

 Horticultural Chemist, 61 South Great George's 

 Street, Dublin. 'Phone, 1971. 



Catalogues. 



Home Saved Seeds. — Mr. T. Smith has issued 

 his list of home saved seeds of hardy perennials. 

 Brooms, Whins, &c. The list includes many of 

 the finest herbaceous and alpine plants as well 

 as choice shrubs. In these days, when tender 

 exotics are, for the time being, restricted, many 

 will welcome the opportunity of adding to their 

 gardens some of the more beautiful hardy plants. 

 Among alpines we note such delightful plants as 

 Geranium cinereum and G.argenteum, Hypericum 

 coris and H. repens. Meconopsis of sorts and 

 many others, while among shrubs the famous 

 Daisys Hill Brooms can be acquired very cheaply, 

 as well as various other beautiful Cytisus and 

 Genistas, Andromedas, Kalmias, Barberries, 

 Cotoneasters, Ericas, &c. The list should be in 

 the hands of all who love a garden. To be 

 obtained from Mr. T. Smith, Daisy Hill Nurseries, 

 Newry. 



Flowers from Seeds. — ^As announced in our last 

 issue, Messrs. Sutton & Sons, of Reading, have found 

 it necessary to issue their flower and vegetable 

 catalogues separately. The flower section is now 

 to hand. The illustrations are, as usual, such as 

 have made Sutton's catalogues famous, and we 

 note that most of the old favourite summer 

 flowers — ^annual. biennial and perennial — still 

 find a place. The famous Antirrhinums, which, 

 on account of their easy and inexpensive culture, 

 have been largely used during wartime, are well 

 represented, and the strains of Clarkias, Godetias 

 and Larkspurs, which come from Reading, are 

 to be had in plenty. Although food production is 

 now paramount we cannot forget the pleasure 

 flowers give to those in sorrow and suffering. 



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