VI 



IRISH GARDENING. 



Food for Next Winter. 



It seems certain ilial, next winter will sec the 

 great test of v.hether we can provide ourselves 

 with food, or whether rations must be further 

 reduced. Potatoes and Wheat are being grown 

 on a greatly increased scale, and the next six 

 months will be anxious ones for the farmer and 

 the gardener. Assuming a bumper crop of both 

 theseesseutial commodities there still remains the 

 question of meat, which is not likely to be either 

 cheap or plentiful. ]t is possible, fortunately, to 

 find a subs titute for meat, and one that is 'not 

 merely a " make up ' but a real substitute, with 

 even more nourishing properties than meat. ' Else- 

 where in our columns readers will find a note on 

 Haricot Beans, and it is to Beans we refer as the 

 substitute for meat. In our advertisement pages 

 it will be seen that Messrs. R. Wallace & Co.. of 

 Colchester, have taken up thiw matter thoroughly, 

 and have arranged for a supply of the best 

 varieties for winter use. We have before us an 



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THE SWEET PEA SPECIALIST 

 HAVERHILL 



Destroying Weeds. 



FiiOM ii(/\v on t^arden and [lark wallvs, avonues, 

 ifec., will 1)(^ ])i'odueiiig their spring crop of weeds, 

 and the unfortunate asi:)cet of the matter is that 

 all available labour is requinvl for other work than 

 scnfflin<^ these walks. However, scienee has come 

 to the reseue, and has oiven us weed-killiuq- ])re- 

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 on page viii. of this issue, and it should be re- 

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 Vaporising Compoumls, Fertilizers, &c. In fact 

 he has a fair claim to be considered the only 

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