IRISH GARDENING. 



"IRISH GARDENING." 



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Our Coloured Illustration. 



Seedling H. T. Rose — " H. Armytage Moore." 



THIS is described by the raiser, Mr. Hugh 

 Dickson, Royal Nurseries, Belfast, as a 

 (larden Rose par excellence, and is an 

 outstanding example of latter-day efforts of the 

 hybridist to give us a type of rose with vig-orous 

 growth, great freedom of bloom, and a 

 thoroughly perpetual habit, with that long- 

 pointed bud and handsome foliage which are 

 two oi the most essential qualities of a rose for 

 massing in the garden. The flower is of great 

 depth, with large shell petals, nicely reflexed 

 at the edges; the colour is a delightful shade of 

 rosy pink on the outside of the petals, the inside 

 of the petals being a bright, silvery pink. As a 

 decorative or bedding rose this is a most valuable 

 addition to the Hybrid Teas. O'D. B. 



State-aided Research. 



HE value of agricultural research is recog- 

 nised in the United States. Under the 

 Hatch Act of 1887, and since that date 

 each State has received from the National 

 Treasury a sum of money for the upkeep of an 

 agricultural (and horticultural) experimental 

 station. The influence of station work upon 

 the farming prosperity of the country has been 

 so marked that by a new Act (the Adams Act) 

 Congress has recently voted to each State, 

 solely for research, a very substantial additional 

 annual grant. It starts at /;i,ooo, and in- 

 creases by ^400 yearly until it reaches ^3,000. 

 In addition to this Treasury grant each State 

 contributes direct a substantial sum yearly to 

 the station work. It is not generally known 

 that in the matter of Agricultural and Horti- 

 cultural research Russia has at present the 

 largest number of experimental stations of any 

 other country in the world, and that too in 

 spite of the fact that they are all of compara- 



tively recent origin. Japan, quick to recog- 

 nise what is ^oo<\ in Western methods, is 

 rapidly developing a similar s3-stem ; she has 

 established as many as 60 such stations 

 already. This go-a-head nation apparently 

 means to do all she can to develop the re- 

 sources of her soil and so secure for herself a 

 fair share of the markets of the world. What 

 about Ireland ? There is not a single agricul- 

 tural research station in any of its provinces, 

 although it is a country whose prosperitv 

 almost wholly depends upon the produce oS. 

 its soil. 



With reference to the correspondence that has 

 arisen in our pages concerning- fruit-trees, the moral 

 seems to be — go to a reputable firm of nurserymen 

 (there are plenty ol' them advertising from month to 

 month in this Journal), state your requirements, and 

 inform them that \-ou hold them responsible for the 

 quality of the trees, such as their being well gi-o\vn, of the 

 age stated, true to name, and free from disease. These 

 firms have a reputation at stake, and are extremeU' 

 unlikely to do other than serve }-ou well. Be prepared 

 to pay a fair price, and do not rush after "bargains." 



The etherisation of lilac and other shiiibs witli the 

 object of forcing the flowers into early bloom is well 

 known. Recent experiments in the etherisation of 

 strawberries not only secured earlier fruits but heavier 

 crops. 



At the Colonial fruit show, held in London on the 28th 

 and 29th of November last, a very large and very hand- 

 some display of apples from British Columbia attracted 

 universal attention. They were nicely graded and 

 packed, beautifully coloured, and mostly exhibited in the 

 original cases that had stood a journey of over 6,000 

 miles. 



An extensive experiment on the cold storage of ninser\' 

 stock has been tried in .America. Some thousands of 

 grape vines were raised and winter-stored in ordinary 

 store-houses. During the summer they were put on 

 cold storage (from 28 to 34 degrees Fah.) for three 

 months and nineteen davs, after which they were taken 

 out and again kept in ordinary store-houses imtil Ma\', 

 when the}' were planted. The experiment was "suc- 

 cessful" in every way. 



The fourth annual dinner of the Dublin .Seed and 

 Nursery P2inployees' Association was given on Saturday 

 evening, the 7th of December last, at the Gresham 

 Hotel. Covers were laid for 150 members and guests. 

 Mr. D. MacLeod (of Messrs. Drummonds), the president 

 for the year, was in the chair. There was a .''--'• full 

 after-dinner programme — speeches, music, distribution 

 of prizes, and, inost popular of all, the presentation of a 

 siher-mounted pocket book, " lined with Bank of Ireland 

 notes," to the strenuous Secretary of the Association, Mr. 

 M'Donough. 



The literary staff of the Gardener has presented Mr. 

 \\'alter P. Wright with a handsome stationery cabinet 

 on the occasion of his resignation of the editorship of 

 that paper. Mr. Wright was the first editor of the 

 Gardener. 



America leads the world in the production of wheat — 

 735,261,790 bushels being her 1906 crop. 



