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IRISH GARDENING. 



Royal Horticultural 

 Ireland. 



Society of 



At tlic i)n)Htlily uit't'ting of tiie ("oiiiu-il l)ekl on 

 tlic 12th lilt.. By. Hairis, and subsequently the 

 Marquis of Headfoit. presiding, the conclusion 

 was arrived at with nuicli regret that the private 

 exhibition fixed for April 18th could not be held, 

 the early season having practically piit Daffodils 

 over, the enti'ies available being insufficient. 



It was decided that the Schedule Committee be 

 directed to draft a Schedule for the summer show, 

 which it is proposed to hold on July 11th, for 

 submitting to the next Council meeting. May 10th. 



A letter was read from Viscount Powerscourt 

 offering the Society, at a nominal rent, the site 

 for a garden at Enniskerry, consideration of Lord 

 Powerscourt's generous of^er being postponed un- 

 til after the war. 



At a meeting of the Schedule Committee on the 

 17th idt. a collection of Daffodils from Mr. J. 

 Lionel Richardson, Prospect House, Waterford, 

 was reconnnended for a First Class Certificate, a 

 vote of thanks and a V.H.C. being accorded by 

 the committee. This fine and varied collection 

 consisted of the following, viz. : — Maggie May, 

 Atalanta, Hebe, Cleopatra, Great Warley, 

 Avalanche, Herod, Maud West, White Knight, 

 Diogenes, Radiant, Red Cliief, Cavalier, Dosoris, 

 Muriel, Semiramis, Bernardino, Victory, White- 

 well, Incognita, Joan of Arc. Lady M. Boscawen 

 and Ruby. 



The third annual meeting of the Irisli Branch of 

 the Vegetable Products' Committee for supplying 

 Fruit and Vegetal)les to tlie Navy was held at the 

 Royal Horticultural Society's Offices, 5 Molesworth 

 Street, Dublin, on the 10th ult., the Marquis of 

 Headfort, President of the Branch, presiding. Sir 

 Frederick W. JNIoorv, Hon. Secretary, gav(> an 

 exhaustive report of the year's working, and Mr. 

 D. L. Ramsay, as Hon. Treasurer, an analysis of 

 the receipts and expenditure. The Lord Chan- 

 cellor and the Rt. Hon. Mr. Justice Ross, P. C, 

 respectively, moved and seconded the adoption of 

 the report in able addresses as to the work done. 

 Commander Archdale, R.N., and the Rev. C. B. 

 Phipps, Chaplain of the Kingstown Base, testified 

 as to the men's ap])reciation of the work being 

 done for them, and the necessity and iirgency of 

 such work. 



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BLACKMORE & LANGDON, BATH. 



Rhododendrons from Ballinacor. 



Amoxg tlu' many spring flowering shrubs few can 

 beat the Rhododendron. It will grow with very 

 little trouble on any poor soil free from lime. As 

 to the few spravs sent to the Editor's Table early 

 in Fel)ruary they were cut at random from a group 

 of eighteen to twenty large bushes at Ballinacor. 

 The bushes from, which the flowers were cut are 

 growing on a steep dry bank coasisiing of poor soil 

 varying in depth from twelve to eighteen inches, 

 with a rock bottom, an open aspect, facing E. N. E. 

 The writer has often noticed that Rhododendrons 

 growing on high poor ground are the first to 

 flower, and nearly always more profusely than 

 those which are given richer treatment, viz.— 

 loam and peat well incorporated with rotten dung 

 find planted in the well sheltered and the damp 

 situations. — A. S. 



[The specimens sent were remarkably fine, testi- 

 fying to the vigour and health of the plants at 

 Ballinacor; large handsome trusses and leathery, 

 vigorous leaves. They were all apparently R. 

 nobleanum, or other hybrids of R. arboreum, vary- 

 ing a little in the shade of pink. The group must 

 have made a beautiful display so early in the 

 season, and is a testimony to the possibilities of 

 our Irish gardens, given reasonable cultivation, in 

 districts free from lime. Specimens of flowers or 

 other garden plants for inspection and comment 

 will be welcome at any time. — En. ] 



The Physical Elements of our Soil. 



Greater })iothicti()n is a slogan we would do well 

 to bear in mind, not only in these war times, but 

 always and all the time. Just now the necessity is 

 still more apparent due to the call of our man 

 and to other unnatural causes. In times 

 of peace prepare for war, but peace or war, all 

 wealth is derived from the soil, and the prosperity 

 of our coiuitry is based on our indivicUral and 

 collective eft'orts in conjunction with a knowledge 

 of our own particular soil and its adaptal^ility to 

 the crops we wish to grow. That knowledge is 

 perhaps the fundamental basis of our success or 

 failure, in our garden hobby or our profession as 

 gardeners and agriculturists. — B. ('. Fruit and 

 Farm Maqazine. 



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