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IRISH GARDENING. 



Mrs. R. G. Sliiinmin Crawfunl, rosy pink, 

 paler on the outside. 



Fran Karl Drunchki, pure white. 

 FisJier HuJnies, crimson scarlet. 

 A. K. WiUianis, carmine red. 



Tea-scented Varieties. 



Lady HiUingdon, orange apricot. 

 Mrs. Campbell Hall, creamy bufi, suffused 

 carmine. 



space is equalh" limited. Other races might be 

 included, notably the dwarf polyanthas so use- 

 ful for garden decoration, and the old-fashioned 

 Hoses, so delightful when planted and largely 

 left alone ; but tine varieties are so numerous 

 nowadays that few people can grow more than 

 a small number in each section. 



Suggestions from readers would be of great 

 value at the present time. 



Gkower. 



GyI'SOI'HU.A I'ANiCULATA. 



Mrs. Folri/ Jliibh.s, ivory white, tinged pink. 



Mrs. Mijlcs KcHiicihj, silvery white, shaded 

 buff and pink. 



Harrij Kirlc, sulphur m'Uow. 



Madame Constant ISuiipcrt, golden \*^'II()W 

 and peach shaded. 



IiAMlJLEUS. 



Blush Ilaniblcr, soft blush colour. 



Dorotluj Perkins, soft pink. 



Paul's Scarlet Cllniber, bright scai'let, sliadcil 

 crimson. 



Exrelsa, scarlet crimson. 



Minnehaha, very fine pink. 



Debutante, soft pink. 



The selections given above are limited, and 

 are intended merely as a guide to those whose 



Abstracts 



I\ the Octolici' inillihiT of The Aij t iciilf 11 ml (.'(i-rffr 

 (if Cn 11(1(1(1 tluMc i.s Mil intfit'sting aiH-ount of the 

 second Annual Convention of the Groat Plains 

 Official Horticultural Association. Tlie party con- 

 sisted of delefi;ates from various parts of Gauiida 

 and the States. Although a great agricultural 

 country Canada gives inucli attention to horti- 

 culture, and scluMues of far-reacliing importance 

 are in liand. The production of hortictdturai 

 plants suitahie for growing in tlie far north-west 

 is occupying the attention of the host brains in 

 ('iuiadii. iiiid already remarkahle results have been 

 acliieved. Instead of complaining that this, tliat 

 and tlie next thini: caiuiot !»■ grown, the Canadians 

 set to work, and by experiment nnd hybridization 

 they produce varieties suitaiile to the soil and 

 climate of the i)rairies. With, in many ways, a 

 better climate, we in Ireland sliould be doing the 

 same. 



