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IRISH GARDENING. 



in store should be examined frequently lor the 

 removal of decaying specimens, and to prevent 

 growth commencing on them. Parsnips and Arti- 

 chokes keep best in the groinid until growth com- 

 mences in the spring, when any remaining sliould 

 he taken up and buried in soil or ashes liehmd a 



north wall. , ,, ^ i j i i i 



Tree leaves should now be collected and stacked 

 in quantitv. They will be required for mixing with 

 stable manure in" making hotbeds in January tor 

 the forcing of Rhubarb and Seakale out-of-doors, 

 and for generating heat in pits and frames in which 

 early vegetables are to l)e grown and seedlings 

 raised. , , , 



The past season has been a favourable one in 

 all three departments of the garden. Ihe brilhant 

 sunshine encouraged wonderful development and 

 display in the flower garden, which remained m 

 full beautv until remarkably late m the autumn 

 Fruit crops luive been bountiful and of splendid 

 (luaiity witli ideal autumn weather for harvesting 

 the more important kinds. Vegetable crops, too, 

 have done well, especially roots and late Peas. In 

 some distric-ts, however, green vegetables are 

 scarce owing to the drought causing aphis attacks, 

 and in several localities much damage was done 

 by the caterpillars of the ihr.'c varietu's of Cahhage 

 Butterflies. 



Royal Horticultural and Arboricultural 

 Society of Ireland. 



\T th.' monthly meeting of the Council, November 

 lltii it was decided that the Annual General Meet- 

 in./ of the Societv be held at the offices. 5 Moies- 

 wo~rth Street, Dublin, on December l"tli. at •!■•"' 

 nm A silver medal was voted to B. H Barton. 

 Esq D L for a fine collection of 24 dishes ot 

 Apples. 'tastefully set up by Mr. F. Stn-et^^. 

 Straffan Gardens. Co. Kildare. Cultural f f^';,ifi- 

 cjites were also awarded to Mr. 1- . Bedford. 1 he 

 Bungalow. Leixlip. for specimens of Charles Koss. 

 ;uid to Mr. \V. Csher, Brenanstown Garden, Cahin- 

 teelv for Peasgood's Nonsuch, a vote ot tluuiks 

 beiii" accorded to R. T. Harris, Esq., Lh-D., tor 

 an interesting collection of Potatoes raised by him 

 from .seeds sown April 4th. this year, all exhiinteci 

 at the meeting. . 



The fiiuil general meeting ot the Vice-Presidents 

 and Committee of the Irish Branch of the Vege- 

 table Products Committee, for supplying truit ami 

 vegetables to the Navy, was held at 5 Molesworth 

 Street Dublin. November 21st, when Sir Prederick 

 W Moore and Mr. D. L. Ramsay, Hon Secretary 

 and Hon Treasurer, respectively, rei)orte(i the 

 work done by the Irish Branch from its incei)tion 

 under tli.' ansi)ices of the Society froin .lanuary 

 l')15 to .Inly, I'.tli). during the whole of which perio-l 

 contributions of garden produce and money tor 

 the purchase of produce in the markets wer.' 

 .renerously maintained. The results of the ioiu- 

 mittee's \Vorking (Irish Branch), now dehnitely 

 closed were considered to he highly satisfactory. 



In accordance with a proposal by the President 

 Ihe Marquis of Headfort, the following series o 

 Lectures has been arranged, under the auspices o 

 the Society, which, by permission ot the Koyal 



Dublin Society, will be given in the Theatre, 

 Leinster House, Dublin : — 



Thursday, November 27th at 8 p.m., by Mr. 

 J. M. Toner, on Vegetables : Succession and 

 Rotation Cropping. 



Wednesday, December 3rd, 8 p.m., by Mr. R. 

 Lloyd Praeger, B.A., oii' Alpines and Rock Plants. 



Wednesday, December lOth, 8 p.m.. Flowering 

 Shrubs, by Sir F. W. Moore, M.R.I. A. 



Wednesday, Jaiiuarv 14th, 8 p.m.. Herbaceous 

 Plants, by Mr. J. W." Besaut. 



Wednesday. .January 21st, 8 p.m.. Apples and 

 their Treatment, by Mr. W. S. Irving. 



Wednesday, January 28th, 8 ]).m.. Facts about 

 Fungoid Pests, hv Professor G. H. Pethvbridge, 

 Ph.D., B.Sc. ■ 



The lei'tures will be illustrated l)y lantern slides. 



N.B. — Tickets (free) can be had on apijlicatioii 

 to Secretary. 5 Molesworth Street. 



University Appointment for Mr. J. P, 

 Drew, A.R.CScI. 



Wk have much pleasure in congratulating Mr. 

 Drew on his appointment as Lecturer in Agricul- 

 ture in the National I'liiversity. 



Mr. Drew is well known to agiiculturists in 

 Ireland, his position, for nuuiy years, as Manager 

 of tlie Albert Agricultural College Farm bringing 

 him into contact with large numbers of people 

 connected with agriculture. As a lecturer, Mr, 

 Drew has lieen much in request, and our readers 

 will recollect that he kindly delivered several lec- 

 tures to the allotment holders in the early stages 

 of the movement. 



Ill addition to his scientific and practical know- 

 h'dge of crops and theii' cultivation, Mr. Drew is 

 higlily skilled in the management of stock. The 

 National Cniversity is to be congratulated on 

 having secured the services of a competent agri- 

 culturist. 



t) EADERS are invited to submit questions 

 bearing on gardening m any of its 

 branches. It is our desire to stimulate and 

 encourage gardening in Ireland, and we are 

 in touch with experts who will be glad to 

 give every assistance. 



We are always open to consider articles, 

 and would be glad to receive photographs — 

 of gardens or plants for publication, if suit- 

 able ; senders will oblige by stating whether 

 payment is desired in the event of publication. 



Contributions should reach the Editor not 

 later than the I 5th of each month. 



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