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IRISH GARDENING. 



Annual Report of the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society of Ireland. 



SciiEDULK or Phizes for thk SiMOXfi Snow, 

 April 10th, 1919. 



Thk Annual General Meeting of the Sot-iety was 

 lieltl on the 17th Deteinher. 1918. Sir John Ross of 

 Hhidenshurg, Vice-President, in the Chair. The 

 report now issued sliows that the Society has had 

 a busy and useful year. Despite the disabilities of 

 the war, inueh effective work has been carried on, 

 not.ibly through the Vegetable Products Coiu- 

 mittee. wliich lias " distrilnited over a thousand 

 tons of fruit and vegetables to the Fleet during the 

 war," while the Society was also of great assist- 

 ance to the Government in procuring ash timber 

 for aeroplanes. 



Tlu' formation of an Arl)Oricultural Conuuittee 

 ehoidd have a far-reaching effect in the reconstruc- 

 tion of Irish industries. The question of Forestry 

 or re-afforestation is urgent, and at last there 

 seems evidence that the Government realises the 

 seriousness of the situation. Members of the 

 Society can render important service to the 

 country in placing at the disposal of the Forestry 

 Authority their undoubted knowledge of trees, 

 ior though Arboriculture is more concerned witli 

 the growing of specimens, the behaviour of such 

 specimens in various localities must have a bear- 

 ing on their suitability for sylvicidture. We are 

 well pleased to note that the allotment movement 

 receives favourable mention from the President, 

 though no special classes for Allotment Holders 

 seem to be included in the schedule attached to the 

 report. 



The Spring Show to be held in l..ord Iveagh's 

 Yard at 80 and 81 St. Stephen's Green, will be 

 Jartrely devoted to spring fiowei-ing shrul)S, ))iUbs, 

 the' j)roduction of wliich is a promising Irish in- 

 dustry, Alpine Plants and Vegetables. Numerous 

 special prizes and valuable challenge cups are 

 offered, and we hope to see a fine display worthy 

 of the soil and climate of Ireland and of her 

 gardeners, anuiteur and professional. 



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Thk monthly meeting of tlio Council was held at 

 5 Molesworth Street, Dublin, on the 14th ult., when 

 a letter was read from Viscount Iveagh. K.P.. 

 granting the use of the covered yard, St. Stephen's 

 Green {ria Earlsfort Terrace), for the Spring 

 Show to be held on April lOtli. Mrs. Moloney, 

 Brayfort, Bray, wrote sanctioning the allocation 

 of a silver challenge cup, i>resented l)y her, to 

 Sweet Peas. Mr. R. Lloyd I'raeger was co-opted 

 a meuibcr of Council in the place of the late Mr. 

 James Kobertson. Sir Frederick Moore reported 

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 cluding preliminary measiues for meeting the 

 Interim Forestry Autliority when visiting Ireland, 

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 firmed by the Council ; also that the subscription 

 list for ' the War Horticultural Relief Fund 

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 of the Society forthwith. The Marquis of Head- 

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