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INDEX 



Fruit, thinning-, 91 ; g-athering-, 146 ; as food, 162. 



Fruit prospects (1908), 104, 108. 



Fruit trees, summer pruning- of, i ; pruning old, li 



ordering-, 164 ; planting, 185. 

 Fritillary Snake's Head, 125. 

 Fuchsia riccartonia, 175. 



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Gaillardias, 125. 



Giirden at Lissadell, 39. 



Garden in spring, 40. 



Ginger, 53. 



Glasnevin g-ardens in late summer, 136. 



Goat's Rue, 85. 



Godetia, 171. 



Gooseberry sawfly, 76, 97. 



Grafting, 45, 64, 66. 



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Hall, Dr. J. Campbell, 121. 



Harmonious g-rouping of plants, 124. 



Hardy shrubs, 165. 



Herbs, 74. 



Herbaceous border, the, 39, 60, 84, 70, 124, 154, 170. 



Hoeing-, advantages of, 70. 



Horticultural shows, hints for exhibitors, 126. 



House flies, 112. 



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Iceland poppies, 53 



India rubber plant, 68. 



Insect pests, 42, 60. 



Irish Forestry Society, 73. 



Irish Gardeners' Association, 144. 



Irish yew, 172. 



Japanese dwarf trees, 67. 



Laburnum, effect of pruning, 157. 



Lachennalias, 67. 



Larch disease in Ireland, 24. 



Linum perenne, 152. 



Little sermon on sweet peas, 49. 



Lobelia Morning Glow, 155. 



Logan berry, 5. 



London Pride, 87. 



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Michaelmas daisies, 154. 



Mig-nonette in pots, culture of, 152 



Mock oranges, ^;i. 



Month's w'ork — January, 11 ; February, 29; March, 45; 



April, 60 ; May, 76 ; June, 91 ; July, no ; August, 130 ; 



September, 145; October, 161 ; November, 176; 



December, 193. 

 Mulching-, 75. 

 Mullein, a rare, 171. 

 Mushroom culture, 34 ; cooking- of, 34. 



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 Nasturtium, the, 62. 

 National Rose Society show, 132, 157. 

 New Zealand flax, 170. 

 Notes and abstracts, 14, 22, 42, 57, 67. 

 Notes from a rectory g-arden, 1 15. 

 Nutmeg-, 53. 



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Maiden Hair fern, 44. 

 Manure, farmyard, 118. 

 Manuring- of crops, 50. 

 Mendelism, 105. 



Onion g-rowing-, 47. 



Onion, the potato, 92. 



Orchids, 63. 



Overcrowding in gardens, evil of, 23. 



Peach, leaf curl in, 112. 



Pelarg-oniums, Zonal, as window plants, 83. 



Photog-raphic competitions, awards in, Ia8. 



Pinks, border, 84. 



Planting- fruit trees, 29, 185. 



Plants for rooms, 6. 



Plants in relation to environment, 188. 



Plum, the most popular, 153. 



Potato, leaf-curl in, 14 ; early forced, 15 ; resistance to 

 disease, 112. 



Potato scab, 174. 



Potato, the new, 9 ; potatoes, early forced, 15 ; size of 

 sets in, 195 ; sprouting, 196. 



Potentillas, 87. 



Pruning-, 29, 176. 



Pruning forest trees, 132 ; old orchard trees, 193. 



Pyrethrum, 5. 



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Rainfall for year, 177. 

 Reader, the, 20, 43, 78, 94, 128, 178. 

 Re-affbrestation of Ireland, 133. 

 Rhododendrons, gfreenhouse, 63. 

 Rock g:ard^n, late flowers in, 141. 

 Rock plants, 87. 



Rose, new seedling-, " H. Armytage Moore," 8. 

 Roses, 4, 8, 26, 38, 59, 74, 90, 103, 121, 140, 151, 166, 184 ; 

 for perfume, 27. 



