IRISH GARDENING 



tlu' !.'i'()un(l fret' fi'oin wi'rds, tlioii^h il liu8 ln'fn ;i 

 very difficult year to keej) down weeds. 



In frenerul, the whole repoit may he suninieil up 

 as follows : — 



Reviews. 



Apples 

 Pears 

 Pliuiis 

 Damsons 

 Cherries 

 Gooseberries .. 

 Currants 

 Raspberries .. 

 Strawberries .. 

 Loyranberries . 



Bad. 



Veiy had. 

 Vi'ry had. 

 Almost nil. 

 Vei-y had. 

 Good. 



Veiy good. 

 Good. 

 Good. 

 Very good. 



W. S. IrvIxVg 



Appointments 



ASSIST.VNT TO THIO IvEKl'ER, RoYAL BuTANIC GARDENS, 



Glasnevin. 



Sir Frederick Moore has been informed that, on 

 passing the necessary Civil Service Examination, 

 Mr. J. W. Besant has been appointed to the above 

 l)ost, which has been vacant since the death of Mr. 

 C. F. Ball in September, 1915. Mr. Besant has 

 been on the staff at Glasnevin for over thirteeii 

 years, and was previously four and a half years in 

 the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where he was 

 employed in the tropical and outdoor departments. 

 Prior to entering Kew he was at the Botanic 

 Gardens, Glasgow, where the collections of 

 tropical and temperate ])lants are noteworthy, par- 

 ticidarly the very fine tree ferns. 



While at Glasgow, Mr. Besant attended the 

 evening classes of The West of Scotland Agricul- 

 tural College, taking the certificates in Horticul- 

 ture, Forestry and Forest Botany. At Kew he 

 attended the prescribed course of lectures and was 

 awarded the garden certificate. 



Mr. Besant has been editor of Irish Gardening 

 since November, 1914. 



The Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society- 



Vol. XLV. Parts 2 and 3. 



Tnis is an extremely valuable volume iMintaining 

 many articles and papers of innnense interest to 

 gardeners, foresters and farmers. The longest, and 

 in some ways the most interesting, paper is that by 

 the Hon. Vicary Gil)bs on the Oaks at Aldenham. 

 The accoiuit of this wonderful collection is given 

 in popular style, l>ut is none the le.ss valual)le, and 

 contains nuich information on the l)ehaviour of the 

 many species and varieties at Aldenham. There 

 is probably not such another private collection of 

 Oaks extant. Other jnipers of importance are : — 

 Col)nuts and Filberts, by E. A. Bunyard; Carna- 

 tions, M. Allwood; The Partial Sterilization of tlie 

 Soil, by Dr. Russell; Some Irish Gardens, by J. G. 

 Weston ; Apple Stocks, and Quince Stocks for 

 Pears, by R. G. Hatton, M.A.; The Systematic 

 Afforestation of Great Britain, by A. D. Webster; 

 Mendelian Characters of Beai'ded Irises, by A. J. 

 Bliss; Wart Disease of Potatoes, Silver ]>eaf 

 Disease, &c., &c., together with various reports of 

 trials, book reviews, &c. A really valuable number, 

 and good value at lUs. 6d. to non-fellows. 



The Journal of the Ministry of Agriculture, 

 August- 



A VAEUAHEE uumbcr containing a variety of intci-- 

 esting articles l)y ex])erts. Among the \(jfes for 

 the Month we specially connuend to the notice 

 of our readers Fruit Culti nitioii in <i (hit r el I'it, 

 I nst ruction in Tlorticiiltii re, Marl.rt (tU rdeni nij 

 (Old I'l/iiltii/ Keeping. Siiiiiih/ of Fruit Trees for 

 Small 11 old era, Experiments in tlie Adii ptation of 

 Jiuildinus for Sniidl Holders, I'ests Appeorim,! diir- 

 inij AiKjitst, F(i rni !/(( rd Mnnnre. its M<ikin<i and 

 Use, and nuiny other items of value and interest. 



^Ir. Andrew F. Pearson has been appointed by 

 the Comniissioners of Public Works (Ireland) 

 Assistant Superintendent of the Ph amix Park, 

 Dublin. 



]Mr. Pearson was formerly on the Garden Staff 

 of the Chief Secretary's Lodge, and for the past 

 eighteen years has been steward and gardener 

 to A. F. Sharnian Crawford, Esq., Lota Lodge, 

 Glanniire, Co. Cork. On leaving Glanniire, 

 .Mr. Pearson was presented with many tokens 

 of esteem from a large circle of friends, including 

 the staff at Glanmire. who presented him with a 

 handsome piece of silver plate as a token of their 

 regard. 



^Ir. Pearson is well-known as a capable 

 gardener and agriculturist, and has been a 

 frequent contributor to the pages of Iri.sh 

 Gardening ; in 1915 he wrote the Monthly 

 Calendar of Operations in the Vegetable Garden. 



Mr. Pearson will be cordially received by the 

 gardening fraternity in and around Dublin, and 

 will, we are confident, render valuable assistance 

 to the Chief Superintendent, Mr. Robert Anderson. 



Bulletin of the New York Botanical Gardens, 



Vol. 10. 



This issue is confined to a descrijjtion of the collec- 

 tions, buildings and grounds of this famous 

 garden, and is a striking testimony to the value 

 attached to botany and liorticulture in America. 

 The illustrations are caU'ulated to arouse envy in 

 those of us who are accustomed to rather cramjjed 

 space and slender financial resources, but as much 

 of the success of the American garden is due to the 

 generosity of private individuals who do not con- 

 fine their gifts to plants, but give freely huge sums 

 for the development and maintenance of the 

 gardens, we live in hope that such generosity may 

 some day be enudated in Ireland. The need for 

 comprehensive museiuns and herbariums in a 

 botanic garden are indisputable — are, indeed, in- 

 dispensable — if such a garden is to carry out to the 

 full the educative work for which it exists. 



We cannot but congratulate the Director and 

 Staff of the New York Botanical Garden on the fine 

 work they have done and are still doing. 



