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IRISH GARDENING 



Mr. D. M*lntosh. 



Jn till' last issue of this .louriiiii tlicrt' was a Krirf 

 reference to Mr. M'lntosh's appoiutiuent as he;ul 

 j,'ardeiier to the Duke of (iraftoii at Eiiston Hall. 

 Thetford. Norfolk. Mr. M'lntosii was a fre(iueiit 

 eoiitrihutor to the i)a<res of liMSU Ci.\Hi)l".NiN(i, and 

 wrote partii-'ularly on fruit and rose culture. 

 While at Danuni, Rathfiar, lie scored many notable 

 siu'cesses at Belfast, Glasgow, Slirewshury, and 

 Dublin, and in li)14 won outright the Irish 

 Gardener's Challenge Trophy. On one oci;asion in 

 Dublin at a show of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society of Ireland, Mr. M'lntosh had 18 first prizes, 

 2 seconds, and 1 third out of 21 entries— a truly 



activities of the Doiniiiion Cioverniiieiit in develop- 

 ing the count ry. 



We note I'liorinous shipments of lumber and 

 ])aper, and etpially large shipnuMits of Alberta 

 cattle to the States. Kox breeding for fur produc- 

 tion is proving a profitable industry, and we ob- 

 serv(> that the daily output of coal from Alberta 

 mines is more than 1(1. 000 tons. x\t the great hay 

 and grain show in Chicago Saskatchewan "cleaned 

 up "14 prizes out of 25. Nor are discharged soldiers 

 being neglected. Already more than 1.500 returned 

 soldiers have actually been settled on the land, and 

 more than 100,000 acres of Hudson Bay reserve 

 lands in the prairie i)rovinees are being turned 

 over for settlement by returned soldiers. Truly 



CAill'.\NUI..V rULI,A 

 .\ Popular Hock Plant. 



iiotaiile performance. He was also interested in 

 raising new varieties of perpetual flowering Car- 

 nations, and for several i^romising varieties he re- 

 ceived two awards of merit from the Council of 

 the Irish Society. Mr. M'lntosh was a ])rominent 

 memlier of the Irish Gardeners' Association, and 

 contributed to their proceedings several interest- 

 ing and useful lectures. 



His many friends and acquaintances in and 

 around Dublin will wish him equal suc-cess in his 

 new sphere, which is a large one, ;uid will give 

 am{)le sco])e for his ability and capacity. 



Canada. 



The latest issue of " Canadian News Items " from 

 the Canadian Government Emigration Office con- 

 tains numerous interesting pars, showing the 



the great Dominion gets things done, and 

 lias every appearance of being fhi' country of the 

 future. 



Inventory of Seeds and Plants 

 Imported. 



The United Stat 

 active in many 

 Plant Industry, 

 lished its forty-si 

 introduced durin 

 March -Ust, IBlfi. 

 timony to the en 

 and reflects gre 

 their endeavour 

 plants likely to 



es Department of Agricidture ia 

 fields, i>,nd includes a Bureau of 

 This division has recently ])ub- 

 xth inventory of seeds and ])lan1,s 

 g the period from Jamiary 1st to 



Tlu> rei)ort is a remarkable tes- 

 tiMprise of tlie officials concerned, 

 it credit on the Department in 



to introduce and acclimatise 

 be of use in the United States, 



