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the bottom b\- horizontril and slopiiii^- cuts respectively. 

 Place bundles in saiidv soil with tops le\el with surface 

 of soil. Protect from frost, and when sprouted remo\e 

 all but two or three of the best sprouts on each cutting-. 

 Plant out, and when fully established remove all but the 



strongest sprout on each. One year old plants should 

 he planted out in March ov April in trenches 3 feet wide, 

 with the crowns 2 feet apart and 2 inches under the sur- 

 face. To blanch cover with ashes, seakale pots, boxes, 

 or even fine, lig"ht soil. For early forcing-, strong- crowns 

 can be lifted in autumn and placed in boxes under g-reen- 

 house stag-es or where they can be kept warm and 

 moist in darkness. Liquid manure, nitrate of soda and 

 also salt f'lre of value to these plants during- the growing- 

 (summer) period. 



GREEiNHOL'SE DECORATION IN SPRING — A " Mere Ama- 

 teur " asks for a sug-g-estion as to what easily-g-rown 

 plant he may select in order to make a show in the 

 spring-. Try Doronicums. Raise the plants from the 

 border (or g-et them from a nursery), divide the clumps, 

 select only those having abundance of young- buds, and 

 plant them closely in a few large pots- Very little soil 

 will be required. They will make a fine display later. 

 The same correspondent wants the name of a small, yet 

 reliable, work in growing fruit trees in pots. "The 

 Culture of P'ruit Trees in Pots " by Josh. Brace, published 

 by John Mui-ray, London, may be found useful. 



Sweet Peas in Pots. — "A Lover of Sweet Peas" has 

 no g-arden, as she lives in a town, but wishes to know if 

 she can grov\ these flowers under the circumstances. 

 Certainly. Get "5-inch" pots, cover the drainag-e hole 

 with a few broken " crocks," and fill up the pots with 

 good loam, well intermixed with well-decayed manure. 

 Firm down. Plant about four or five seeds in the soil. 

 On germinaticm g'ive the seedlings air, light and water. 

 The plants may be transferred to a larg-er pot later, or 

 single plants ma}' be grown in the 4-inch sizes. Stake 

 with twig-s. If the plants tend to grow too tall pinch 

 out the terminal buds. As to sorts giving- particular 

 colours consult catalogues. 



Withotit douht the most poptilar ilowers at the present time are 

 and in compilint,'' our 



Gem Collections of Giant-Flowered Varieties 



we believe we have succeeded in providini^ for our customers a selection of sorts 

 which are unrivalled in range of colour, size of flower, and s^eneral g'ood qualities. 

 The two collections, A and H, embrace the finest collection of twenty = four 

 sorts ever offered at popular, cheap prices. 



Gem Collection A 



comprises the following- 12 sorts, viz. — 



Dorothy Eckford, Countess Spencer (re-selected), 

 John Ing-man, Helen Lewis, King Edward VIL, Scarlet 

 Gem, Hon. Mrs. E. Kenyon, Black Knig-ht, Miss H. C. 

 Philbrick, Romola Piazzani, Agnes Johnson, Navy 

 Blue. 



Collection lA — 200 seeds of each of the above, 4/6 

 Collection 2A — 100 ,, ,, ,, 2/9 



Collection 3A-50 ,, ,, ,, 1/6 



Collections No. I A and No. I B together for 7/=. 



(Jem Collection B 



comprises — 



Dainty, Phenomenal, Mrs. Walter Wright, Bolton's 

 Pink, Duke of Westminster, D. R. Williamson, Janet 

 Scott, Gladys Unwin, Prince of Wales, Coccinea, 



I Jeanie Gordon, Lady Grizel Hamilton. 



[ Collection iB— 200 seeds of each of the above, 3/= 

 Collection 2B— 100 ,, ,, ,, 1/9 



Collection 3B— 50 ,, ,, ,, i/= 



Collections No. 2 A and No. 2B together for 4/=. 



Collections No. 3A and No. 3B together for 2/6. 

 For full descriptions of these and all other vegretable and flower seeds see our new illustrated Catalogrue, post free on application 



Alex. Dickson & Sons, Ltd., 



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 61 Dawson Street, DUBLIN. 



