IRISH GARDENING. 



T17 



Notes. 



Dianthus neglectus. 



This is certainl}- one of the lo\eliest of all the 

 pinks, and is worth growing in quantity in even 

 the smallest rock garden. Flowering in June 

 and early July it gives a most effective bit of 

 colour, while individually the plants a:e neat 

 and unaggressive. The flowers vary somewhat 

 from seeds, but all are beautiful, and particularly- 

 good coloured forms may, if desired, be propa- 

 gated from cuttings. Undoul)tedly. however, 



the drought, due probably to the long thick 

 taproots penetrating to the cooler moisture 

 subsoil below. In some gardens this Campanula 

 sows itself so freely as to become almost a weed 

 were it not so handsome Avherever it crops up. 

 Lately at The Bush, near Antrim, where Mr. 

 Barton grows many things so finely, we noted 

 masses of self-so^^•n seedlings which must have 

 been 6 feet high, the soil there being cool and 

 moist. Seedlings vary a good deal in colour, 

 inclining generally to the lighter shades — viz., 

 white and pale blue. The best perhaps are pure 

 white and a dark blue which used to be called 

 variety celtidifolia. 



Campanula Raineri. 



the most vigorous plants are jiroduced from 

 seeds, and in the writer's experience seedlings 

 are longer lived than jilants from cuttings. The 

 general colour is rosy-carmine with the reverse 

 of the petals buff-coloured while the leaves are 

 almost grass-like in their fineness. A cleej^ gritty 

 soil in a sunny position suits Dianthus neglectus 

 admirably. 



Campanula lactiflora. 



A Good Dry Weather Plant. 



This bold handsome Bell-flower is flourishing in 

 the dry soil of the Botanic Gardens at Glasnevin, 

 while many other herbaceous plants are languish- 

 ing in the hot sun of early July. Several clumps, 

 5 to 6 feet high, are ajoparentty indifferent to 



Campanula carpathica pelviformis* 



Campanula carpathica and all its varieties are 

 amongst the most beautiful and useful of Bell- 

 flowers, and none is more attractive than this 

 old variety. About a foot to 15 inches high 

 when in flower, the pale blue flowers are carried 

 well above the foliage. For the front of the 

 herbaceous border or a nice pocket at the base 

 of the rockery no dwarf plant could be more 

 attractive. 



A Hybrid Campanula. 



In the summer of 1914 the late Mr. Ball, who 

 was well known to many of our readers, made 

 some crosses between various species of Cam- 

 panula. The seeds were sown when ripe, but 



