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2 ly in those places where it before appeared, and in forced 2000 plants annually at Blenheim, used to pot aj from the competitors for the classes iu 
b it seemed stayed.“ Our own — leaves quantity in 9. inch pots; they did admirably, three in a 1 2 3 — , 
4 that disease exists to à serious extent in many pot. Potti 5 into 9-ineho pots possesses many advan- | judges been appointed Pae grape n 
Siparis of the south of the island. Some indeed say that tages over the old plan —sueh as a saving of room, &e. oat Gian oo babie that they would be them 
ey hope the disease is stayed, the old expectation ; —and they do ne get dry so soon as smaller pots ; as mew J 3 „ er adjudication in such es 
ve cannot en their opinion, but must 1 ' 125 oid, t sar is true that at the last 
bog ly advise them, if they hope for the best, to pre- recollect Mr. Turnbull sent some plants, well fruited | was awarded by one of the judges to 
pare for the worst. In Castletown, Berchaven, the crops | a staked out, to the dessert table as as they were grown. would appear to be the e case from the form in which 
= gone, July 29. Limerick.—All the fields are more | Those — 2 — plan of potting into 9. inch cation was necess pets ange 7 n The facts were 
iseased ; 30 or 40 loads of Potatoes at market, | pots w ae mtaa of it most highly, | the Council, was appointed one of the judges 
“Juy 18, áll —— or less dise ks getting black, | both ru productiveness and good economy. During section, without the Council being aware, though he 
same date, in the west of Glare: —— pos e | the growing season the plants ay: jen tp make upon the occasion, that he was to be an exhibitor in one of the 
corre- i rn three classes contained in that section, U e 
of 210 Potatoes ‘raised in the presence corre- | runners, which should be closel Soho en as soon subsequently investigated, it appeared that Dr. Plant had 
other re — the a hak thei os apeg Fog 11 
spondent, 56 were diseased. Another repo ey make their appearance, 2 or — is off. It i I to the jeden to decide in the particular class in which 
crops are improving. About Kenmare disease has is a good pl 3 2 over the stock e three days. | he had become an e 1 and confined himself to the other 
made great ha voe; in Tuorist 2 fields blackened: | As dae ing, great care is isite on the part two classes is wareh N p e To — 
nevertheless very good Potatoes are selling, July 22, | of the eos never to allow the plants to flag for 3. "That these o cine fale MANOR asides gardeners from the 
for 7d. per 21 lbs. To the west of Bantry the entire want of water; water should be supplied copiously in | annual dinner, this being, ing in similar cases, open to all mem- 
country is burnt up; it is quite difficult in some localities hot weather; I have known the time when we were ar reg Societys “That th e Council entertain 3 — 
to find a sound Potato. The —— from them have obliged to water two or three times a day during hot the last occasion, in ers being pr t 
proved to be in the worst stage of gangrene. Extensive | weather, otherwise the plants must have suffered from | 4. That not true that the fruit has been for the 
mischief already do pe h 8 nly, in the island of drought, hence they become ‘unhealthy and unprodue- — of the Gor uncil only, as it has been 2 te polie 
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Va mwar —— in the ns of Ennis and Kilrush, No tive. It was customary to water with deer or sheep vlew as the flowers. Bat tha . 
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22. At Mallow the crop is said to be injured. About ore introducing the plants into the forcing-pit a That the practice, down to the last year, was to „ in 
Omagh blackened stalks and bad smell: but no authen- of fermenting material was put in, composed of half the „published lists, nthe name of the gardener — — 
ticated case of diseased tubers, At Bandon they imagine spent dung or leaves from the linings or otherwise. | bubliecation of last year because, from the defective . roq 
it to be stayed. Lord Oranmore has also sent advice This was to excite the roots gradually into a growing | which — were — 5 b the late ‘ane t Secretary, 
from Mayo that the blighted stalks are pushing again, | state, whi th strengthens the root and accelerates | who —.— no entry of the eners’ nam 
and that on the 26th the crops were certainly not worse | the growth of the plant. When the temperature of the irom whic he mania cout bo taken at the close a the hs 
than on the 19th. We — not quote other 1 5 bed had sunk to a moderate heat, the pots were put in | defective state of the books. But that, at present, the name of 
luaged, In Octo ber, before the frost came, | the gasae is recorded for publication along with that of his 
is no news — north, where the — is those plants that we did ee intend to hea early were | emp 
perhaps not advanced enough to produce the evil. We | stowed away in spare or pits, plunged to the g~ „Tiat the Ir. F. —4 prises ‘on pet pay A 
; 3 say that, in our opinion, the matter is becom - — in old tan, or ashes, or or soil, till required for excite- that, on the contrary, gon ? — * ‘aid it whet —— 
2A dail ore serious, ent. from north a rizes a me ypa 1 w 
The last advices are as follows : :—July 18, 1 to pny) in n ashes ; on the top of the ridge was placed discovered at proton eng —.— 1 rat 2 288 
5 — people digging; — ene sn boards, to. prevent wet getting to the roots and pots. | their prizes, although ‘the amount had been previously ad. 
eae : Muc! —— a field In Mg naa weather dry litter was thrown over the | vanced in the usual course of annual payments, ope Council 
— ing t ile Fermoy Uni Union bli ted in one = — ridge, thus pre Masai ay serious 2 ury to the roots m vertise- 
f "Ki Ir an 2 Bati eee ao a — the action of frost or the impul 2 of sharp winds. . ‘te he rinte pei — pret- sve OS panan 
< Skibbereen + Has reeks — an ants that we eal, to force had no more water gre delay than was necessary for a sufficient scrutiny in 
artia. —— J uly 22, n ermi f Spread ing ex- ‘ans was e yh we could perceive the buds where the irre ularity with which the 
— Joyce’s Country: Tubers and stalks dis- begun to expand cases where the plants were ouble claim being advanced, and the whole amount of those 
eased. Galway: Has appeared; e over a whole | very dry. Even Lai — gardener knows how impor- still aoe. investigation does not much exceed 151, That so 
geld; not advanced further. Progressing fast else- tant it is to be sparing of water to Strawberries early | far from the 7 state of the Society apy ig at avy ed 
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union — , gone. Belmullet: Appearances every- | the cultivator to keep the soil sweet; for if it happen to | ficient sum to meet all current engagements, to invest a con- 
where e fields quite black. Ballina: pen g sour through over much moisture, the resu is a failure. —— ps * in the publ io fens. 
‘with 2 a bew — much alarm. Gra : Has We began with a temperature of 48° night heat, allow- | [We publish this document in order — 
appeared partially July 23, a ene : 4 ap- 12° or 14° of maximum heat during day. Special care | Irish Society, but we fail to ee out ‘hat ight 
pe slightly, but generall Kenmare — Seems was taken not to fire higher for a few weeks. As the means it to throw upon their proceedings; 
‘Spreading through the Gort Union, Broke 1 2 or l4 | plants progressed in growth, the temperature was gra- as its adoption was ne MAMIT ed by a EKE of S to 4 in 
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: 20 esas whic pert red og Ti fing tunity till set. The atmosphere of the house must be | be satisfactory to ; 
“honey ie oth the n i omforting kept as dry as possible while the plants are setting. It SSS SS meen 
themselves unwisely with the hope that such state-| is a good plan to use camel-hair pencils for fertilising PRACTICAL HINTS FOR AMATEURS 
ments as these are exag une at the least. We] the plants. 9 5 should be done in the middle of the D SMALL GARDEN: 
answer for none but ves: but for ourselves | day. ave seen them fertilised L. using a pair of 1 fine ornaments of gardens are 
baat correspondents we 5 — answer. be lona, which — k the purpose very well. now beginning to flower, and require some attention, to 
SS it is discovered that the fruit 1 is set, the plants | ensure good blooms and a health 2 cul. 
ose. FORCING STRAWBERRIES. are a hearin by a rest in a low temperature for five or | tivators prune extensively, so as to have only one lead- 
Tux time has now arrived when every gardener who | six days. When I saya low temperature T do not apres ing stem, and but few laterals, until the plant has 
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early excitement. Perhaps a few observations on their | With a Pia of 10° or 12° during day, will be found e best treatment, but to what extent laterals 
ure in pots, by one who has had ample experience, | adequa: te to the . Me p the fruit. “they oat very should 55 sup pressed is an om of taste, which the 
‘May not be out of pla Iw it understood, | little in t r hi e recom- 
however, that I do not regard the system I advocate as 3 3 they „ of course, could not do, if Mindia in the Calendar r the 8 is the best for 
ing new; but I am convinced: that the plan is placed in a high temperature, to swell them off (as making the most of a Dahlia, and displaying its luxu- 
everything which a good and successful plan ought e some people imagine) quickly. rs placed in a high riance to greatest advantage; that is, to tie up the 
be. if care is taken to carry it out well. temperature immediately they are set, it is many „ T 
i The soil I have seen used, and that too attended with | chances to one 5 they  perfeot a eit fruit. They are | the central one. Let the sticks and the tying material 
ly. uecess Dahli i 
taken a rseverance, l rough 
was taken off to the depth of about 3 or 4 inches. It 1 and a great deal of carrying and moving to and | and its ing pros by the wind is a misfortune 
vas used immediately afterwards in as green a state as of pots. To have e ripe the latter be averted by all means. The plants should be looked 
possible, When used in this state it was said to con- pan lof Fobra ruary, the gardener must be in attendance | over bo nba t Šer that tonti Oy be attended to before 
tain more of the constituents of plants, more alimen- pi on es Robert Cor, y rer Nursery, King’s- | an 0 ee pla 115 11 a of 
tary matter, and other ie substances most desir- Dais will not bloom well unless a egree mois- 
able to re ORT is kept up at the root; and sedulous attention to 
— 3 pons Minis —— neee as ROT AL HORTICULTURAL ia a OF IRELAND. this isi i pidis pensable Many fine flowers are stunted in 
jargo a as we coul Shape PAH I am instructed by the Council to inform you. thati —— their growth, and deformed in their bloom, because the 
d get it into the pots. mposed | quence of the totter ky published i in the Gardener micle r gro : i with 
horse-dung was used at the rate of one barrow load to | (of 15t — inet), mnm e Te Hami r 72 Esq., 5 desire p“ — soil is ie too 1o nere watering being atended with 
m. If the i as corrected | forward the inclose copy o e ment,” allu o in| trouble, anda ing undesirable, 
by the aditon 363 sandy en initiate lime rubbish rary iain As ai- it 1 cs give th e „they an best pr pro perti of the „ beyond grasa of * 
sed charcoal. e pot ho have been writi he ety, otherwi to mulch 
into 3-inch pots is — — the e If potted partis who have no farther = notice — — about 9 inches all round e I last week put the 
f * 78, Grafton- street, Dub N. Niven, Assist. Sec. mowings of the lawn to this use, 8 on a thick stra- 
ts, the soil b onset, in 6- inch or larger-siz [Copy] S "ax Hawrox, Esq. i gs 78 oö 
— its — atter. Ae ag pe ~ 3 ‘te — ey 3 — A Tre nia eing done the soil must be soaked, and o 
* yia matter, gh the constant ‘ouncil o, 4 413 A N . h without the 
e e of water JJ. ee | ae watering wl to a estan wit 
selected the runners for potting, we always society. are obviously fonded upon erroneous inform =a mulching one rai h BEG cient 
i “them from plants which had been forced, | as such remarks, if not explained, might create a se i — n po ing a ay my ings i 
experience having revealed to the * ee i s iety, the following — 1 of the do rder, I was much pleased with the plan, and 
runners which deamos : facts as to each of the charges binin against the Council be — hti it im ed the appearance o Dahlias; 
f u were taken from plants which had been the Editor, with a request 3 ‘wil give | th Siis anes vdi for the next F 
filled the 3.inch pots wi Sclublished rules of the Society; their present object being tions by the claws and beaks of birds, ho appear 
‘from the parent pots oe roots, er at are merely to show that P aithi out hiera = they have not | % lito left all other pursuits, in order 4% revel 
i 8 plant, and potted into sized po! | in imprope 5 > rae ee tty 1 
which it is intended they are to remain, in 6- inch, l. That it has ever been the wish of the Council to secure an in my band ected the Grass 
S. inch, or ee ets aur - eigi * map $ ; but that mach dial ha has arisen biir E led on another, and I collected 
i rbd 3 are ; 15 A pn $ 
Placed on ashes in beds, with alleys for convenience in he re not either membere of the C Council or exhibitors in r ened into he wil 
‘off vannets.: Mr. Turnbull, who Jene or tne classes, and War the judges are never brushwood laid over it, and 
