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tity of uuinure in a ring aiuvuid each tree. It may 

 work out all right with small trees, but in an 

 orchard where you have large trees it is far better 

 to spread plenty of farmyard manure over the 

 entire surface of the orchard, as then all the sur- 

 face roots, no matter how far they extend, are sure 

 to get food. I give a dressing of basic slag and a 

 heavy application of farmyard manure each year. 

 For a numt)er of years I kept between the rows 

 cultivated, and grew all kinds of vegetable crops 

 and Strawberries, but now the trees have got too 

 large, and it is all let out in grass." 



" Do you find spraying pays? " I here inquired. 



" Yes, very much so. You cannot grow Apples 



autiunn display either in the herbaceous border, 

 tlae front of a sunny shrubbery, or as noted in the 

 Rock Garden. 



Fothergilla Gardeni, a native of the Southern 

 States of America, is a neat and attractive shrub 

 for peat or sandy soils free from lime. Now in 

 October it is beautiful, in a peat bed near the lily 

 pond, the leayes a study in scarlet and gold. In 

 the same bed the rare LeitnerUi jioridann has this 

 year made fine growth, and evidently enjoys a 

 moist summer. This interesting native of Florida 

 has not yet flowered at Glasnevin, but may do so 

 as it increases in vigour. 



roUjiionum (■(impunxdutum is an attractive her- 



suitable for market without spraying properly. 

 The County In.structor and myself have sprayed in 

 winter with the Caustic spray, and it is the real 

 thing. It simply cut moss and all foreign matter 

 off the trees. Look how clean and healthy they are 

 now. Sometimes, after a slight shower of rain, I 

 come out with some buckets of lime, and scatter it 

 through the branches. I find this very good also. 

 I also spray with Copper Sulphate and Arsenate of 

 lead." 



I left Mr. Sullivan, fully convinced from what I 

 had seen that if others followed in his footsteps we 

 would not be depending on imported fruit. 



J. J. Cleary. 



Notes from Glasnevin ♦ 



femtostignui ]V'iUinoffiini(i , near the middle of 

 October, made a pretty picture in the rock garden, 

 its slender, yet wiry, shoots terminated by panicles 

 of beautiful azure V)lue flowers. Planted in quan- 

 tity, this delightful plant would be useful for an 



baceous plant for late flowering. Scarcely gooa 

 enough for a ))order of choice plants perhaps, it is 

 nevertheless welcome at this season, and can l)e 

 usefully employed in shrubberies and in the wild 

 garden. It bears profusely small campanulate, 

 white flowers, tinged pink on stout shoots some 

 three feet high. Another good late flowering 

 Knotweed is /'. moUe, with rather smaller white 

 flowers and a more branched inflorescence. 



Fruiting shrubs are now showing up well about 

 the grounds, and none is more conspicuous than 

 Cotoneaster (ipphitutta, its rich red fruits making 

 a truly beautiful display. This species is said to 

 be a synonym of Cotonedster ])ielsiav<i, but is 

 greatly superior to C. IJielsiuna eleijans, the only 

 form of that species in cultivation at Glasnevin. 



Biirhernes are often conspicuous in autumn by 

 reason of their beautiful berries, and already 

 species like ^^"lhon;l\ agyrec/ata, hrevipaniciilatu, 

 rmttii, &c., are colouring well, but owing to the 

 collection having lieen moved to a new location 

 last spring, the majority are fruiting less freely 

 this season. An exception is an un-named species 



