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IRISH GARDENING 



."iociety Ijv the foriaatiou of a Coiiiiuittee of 

 Arbonculturf, and tlic latest work undertaken on 

 Ijehalf of the War Hortuultural Kehef Fiuid to 

 aid our allies France, Belgium and Serbia, in re- 

 storing the gardens, small holdings and orchards 

 devastated by the LJerman invaders. A good re- 

 cord ! Keturning to iis more immediate sphere 

 of work a Spring Flower Show has now been 

 arranged for April lUth, 1919, the schedule for 

 which IS in hands. An item worthy of note ii 

 the sanction of the Annual General Meeting to 

 convert the name of the veteran ^-ociety, now in 

 its 90th year, into that of the Royal Horticultural 

 and Arboricultural Society of Ireland, subject to 

 its being ascertained that there are no difficulties 

 in its being done. 



Ikish Forestry Society. 



This Society, which has a movement en tapis for 

 memorial tree planting in Dublin or the vicinity 

 to periK'tuate the memory of the Irish Regiments 

 and Kaval I'nits engaged in the great war, is noAV 

 in co-operation with the Royal English and Royal 

 Scottish Arboricidtural Soc'ieties in the formation 

 of a conuuittee of its members, who are members 

 of either Houses of Parliament, in the interests of 

 national forestry. The Marquis of Sligo and 

 Viscount Rowerscourt, K.P.. as members of the 

 Irish Forestry Society, have signified their willing- 

 ness, as representative Iridi Peers, to serve on the 

 committee. The Irish Forestry Society, although 

 l>ractically confined to propaganda work, is 

 liampered in this direction for funds, having as its 

 sole annual income a sum rarely exceeding £40. 

 derived from member-' subscriptions of IDs. fid. 

 per annum. 



Irish Benefit Societies. 



The recently held annual meeting of the 

 DruMunond Benefit Association disclosed very 

 hi-altliv conditions w^ith cash assets of ail but 

 £o,000." This being the 21st anmud meeting facts 

 and figures disclosing a further similar stmi 

 having been disbursed in benefits from its incep- 

 tion in 1897, speaks volumes for the quiet un- 

 ostentatious work it has already accomplished. 



Illisn Ci.\Rl)ENERS' ASSOCIATION. 



llcrr. loo. an equally satisfactory >tate of things 

 ))ernieates a body of practical members of the 

 l)rofession. 1918 saw an innovation in the pro- 

 vision of certificates of memhership available to 

 liead gartleners. vouching their hnini fidrs as 

 trained practical men. The A -jsociation is to l)e 

 ci)ngratulati'd on ayjplying for and ol)taiiiing ro- 

 cognitifin l)y the Corporation of Dublin. A 

 deputation for this purpose was most courteously 

 received by the I-ord Mayor at the Citv Hall, a 

 subsequent motion that the Association shoiild be 

 recognised bv the employment of canable men 

 for such civic work as conies under the scoije of 

 gardening and tree-planting being carried ])y the 

 Councillors. The wages question al.so broached 

 l)y the deputation was equally sympathetically 

 received, and ])raetical recognition has already 

 been ol)tain<d. K. 



Notice, 



The Royal Horticultural Society will carry out 

 trials of Dwarf French Beans. Cauliflowers. Tiet- 

 taices. Parsley-. Early Potatoes. Turnips and 

 Swedes in their Oardi^ns at Wisley. Ripley. 

 Surrey, during 1019. Seeds. <tc.. for trial should 

 reach the Director ffroni whom the necessary 

 entrv forms mnv be obf miltI i tiot latiT tlian 

 .lanuary .31st, 1919. 



Wedding Bells. 



On St; Stephens Day two interesting weddings 

 took place ni New ry. 



Second-Lieut. iSornian Smitli, Royal Flying 

 Corps, was married to Miss Gwendoline C. Locke. 

 The bridegroom, who is the elde-t son of Mr. 

 G. N. Smith, and grandson of Mr. Thonuis Smith, 

 of Daisy Hill iNurseries, was i^revious to the war 

 employed in the Rover Works, Coventry. He 

 joined the 11th Hussars at the age of 18^. and has 

 seen much active service. He was subsequently 

 transferred to the York and Lancaster Regiment, 

 and took part in the Gallipoli campaign, serving 

 also in Egypt and France. This year he was 

 gazetted to the Air Force, and while leading a 

 flying squadron last October his machine was 

 brought down by the Germans, Lieut. Smith 

 escaping with but slight injuries. He was a 

 prisoner of war in Germany until the signing of 

 the armistice. 



The bride is a daughter of the late Quarter- 

 master J. B. bocke and sister of Second- Lieut. 

 Win. Locke, who is a son-in-law of Mr. Thomas 

 Smith. 



On the same day Mi^s Eileen Sarah Smith, 

 second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Smith. 

 was married to Mr. Thomas Grills of Fermoy. The 

 bridegroom, formerly of Newry, is now engaged in 

 the timber trade in Fermoy. 



To both couples we offer our hearty congratula- 

 tions and wish them a long and happy imion. 



For the above particulars we are indebted to 

 the Xeirri/ lirjKnfi-r. 



Correspondence. 



To THE Editor of Irish G.\ri)exing. 



Sir,— May I take advantage of the hospitality 

 of your columns to state that I have recently been 

 overliauling the collection of oaks at Aldeiiham. 

 and I am gratified to find it more nearly com- 

 plete than I had anticipated. 



1 cannot grow tender one? such as the well-known 

 Quercus suber, wliich does so well in tiie west of 

 Engand, nor seniicarpifolia from the Himalayas, 

 nor crassipes and gjabrescens from Mexico, l)ut set- 

 ting the<e aside, of hardy members of the genus I 

 have over KM), counting species, hybrids and 

 varieties, and tliey include sucli inrities as Q. 

 Fabri, aliena. auil)igua, Schneckii. iiuaii.i and 

 other?. 



The following, liowevi r. arc imf rciiresented : — 

 0. agrifolia, alnifolia. Aiidleyeiisis, cinerea, 

 chry-olepis. coccifera, glauca, lieteroi)hylla. in- 

 fectoria, Leana. lyrata, mongolica (true, not 

 lanuLnnosa syit. Montrolica). Morehus. nigra (true. 

 /('// Marylandica sijii. nigra). oi)tusata. Slioiild 

 any of your readers have a young plant of one 

 of the above to st)are I should be very grateful 

 if they could let me have it, and would gladly 

 r<'cij)rocate bv ^ending other oiiks, or sjx'cimens 

 of other choice oJants of wbicb 1 li;ive a great 

 variety. 



I^esides the above speeics ! also l;ick the follow- 

 ing varieties, to which the same rciiinrks .ipplv : — 

 Q. castaneaefolia algeriensis, cerris aiistriaca. 

 ciispidata. vari'^iata. ilex bailola. i, crispa. 

 i. Fordii. i. n.nabii. i. latitolia. laiiiminosa, 

 dissecta, liiicomlieMiia i-an.i iiuior. b. crispa. Fi. 

 diversifolia, L. Fulhameiisis. b. ])seiido -uber. 

 palustris pendiil:,. nenduuculata Haas, sessilifiora 

 Falkcnbergensi -. .-•ssilifhira muscovieiisis. 



V. GiBRS. 



