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alpind), and Prim n la farinosa are plants which offer no diffi- 

 culty to the horticulturist; and the}^ all grow well with me. 



I have already mentioned some rare and peculiar plants 

 which characterize the western coasts of Ireland ; others 

 which I have are Erica niediicrrajiea, brought from Round- 

 stone in 1895, which is growing w^ell, and has flowered from 

 last February till the present time ; I also got it this year at 

 Acliill Island. The rare Whorled Caraway ((^«/7^;;^ verticillatuni) 

 came unnoticed from Kerry with Pingicicula graiidiflora. The 

 Pinguicula is gone, but the Caruni remains. Potentilla 

 frnticosa came from Ballyvaughan, Arabis ciliata from the 

 Great Island of Aran ; this plant grows luxuriantly and 

 produces abundant seedlings. The fine grass Calamagrosiis 

 Epigcjos came from the same place, also the Maiden-hair 

 fern, which has formed splendid plants ; Dabcocia from Recess 

 is growing, but so far has not increased. 



We are strong in native Geraniums or Crane's-bills ; G. 

 Robertiannm, pyrenaicnni, niollc, and dissectum are native in 

 the place ; G. pratciise I brought from Dunluce, and G. syha- 

 ticiun was sent from Glenarm ; G. cohunbiniun and G, rottmdi- 

 folium Mr. Praeger brought me from Ballyvaughan. These 

 last two are annuals, but sow themselves freely. On account of 

 the mildness of last winter they have been flowering without 

 interruption from June, 1897, till the present time. G. lucidum, 

 another annual, has spread like wildfire, and decorates every 

 piece of rock-w^ork in the place. G. sanguineum I got at 

 Howth, and its variety lancastriense — well, I bought that at a 

 nursery ! Of their allies the Krodiums or Stork's-bills, two 

 species run riot. E. inaritinium from Bray Head is quite a 

 pest in one bed ; and E. cicutarium, and a white-flowered 

 variety, appear every year. 



Of other seaside plants the Horned Poppy from the 

 Murrough of Wicklow produces, each 3^ear, branches three feet 

 long, and the Tree-Mallow from the Co. Down coast is 

 forming large bushes. The Seaside Meadow-Rue (Thalictnim 

 duncnsc) from Courtown, grows beautifully ; its ally T. 

 viontanum is beside it, and the tall T. flavum from Beauparc 

 has shot up four feet high in all parts of the dry bed in which 

 it grows. Juncus acutus was brought from Brittas Bay, Co. 

 WickloWj but strange to say it seems to be suffering from a 



