IRISH GARDENING. 



Clk.matis S.\i ll.At uolia. 



piiinitii (iltiii, with piisilhi, blue, and ilis.s W ihimtl. 

 nuikes a quartette fittiugc for ledges on rockeries, 

 so dwarf ai-e tliey. 



Tiiihiniifii is one of the very best, deep blue, a 

 gem amongst alpine Campanulas, whilst t. (jianfli- 

 jiorn has even lai'ger fiowers. It is sometimes con- 

 venient to have a plant on a ledge in a rock 

 garden that will trail, and ' '. (jdnjaniin . having 

 pale blue flowers with a white eye, will lie found 

 to answer these requirements. 



Campanulas for Potting. — It is somewhat sinau- 

 iar that, outside large establishments, so few 

 people take the tnuible to pot up Campanulas for 

 early blooming. As a nde, those who have small, 

 and sometimes nnheated, gieenhouses, depend 

 mostly upon bulbs to give tlieni a display a little 

 earlier than those l)looming in beds and borders, 

 and scarcely ever give a thought to the subject? 

 under notice, that, after all, are amenable to iii- 

 door cidture. Campanidas di> not need forcing. 



as we understand tlie term to-day in the e.\press 

 ])roduction of blossoms; indeed, it is better to give 

 them the conditions of a cool house, potting up 

 I he clumps in December or .lainiary, and growing 

 ilieni on under glas,-. so that for weeks earlier one 

 may enjoy the flowcis as they are yielded in pots. 



.A reference to (ampanuhis in pots would be 

 quite incomplete did it not include that very 

 popiUar, yet less hardy sort. ( '. '(xophyUn , blue, 

 with its white form. No indoor trailing plant 

 Mirely is richer in the output of its flowers than 

 ire these two, and, whether seen under a green- 

 liouse roof, or, as is frequently the case, in a 

 cottage window, it would be diffictdt to select any- 

 iliing more beautiful or which flowers so con- 

 Muuously. 



General Remarks. — Campanulas are mostly 

 (luick-growing, and should not, therefo.'-e, be left 

 to themselves too long. In the case of the ' aller 

 sorts, medium-sized roots always give the best 

 results, and whether for the sake of merely in- 

 creasing the stock or keeping the borders >miform, 

 in either case it is advisable to overhaid plants 

 every two years and give tlie required attention. 

 This applies, too, though in a less degree, to the 

 ■ Iwarf, and, in some cases, slower-growing sorts. 



We have said little with regard to actual culture 

 lii these deservedly popular Howering plants, as 

 M is hardly necessary to' do .so when it is well 

 l.nown tliat they will succeed in fairly good garden 

 ■-oil, and often may lie seen growing in gardens in 

 the very heart of a city where soil is not over- 

 liurdeiied with richness. To the profe.ssional 

 'jardener who appreciates them fully, they supply 

 liim with sheaves of white blossoms in the early 

 year by potting up the chunps in autunm and 

 growing them on in cold frames luitil the roots 

 have well advanced, to bring the plants into 

 warmth, and gentle forcing and moisture does the 

 rest. 



Amateur gardeners recognise the value of 

 Campanulas as hardy border flowering plants, and 

 most O'f them are content with this. To try them 

 as indoor plants in the manner outlined is all that 

 is needed for anvone to a])preciate them more 

 fully. 



W. LiNDERS Lea. 



Autumn Tints in 1921. 



I DO not remember any previous yeai' when the 

 aufiunn tints have been finer and have lasted as 

 long as during the piesent one. 



One of the first to take on its brilliant colour- 

 ing is AiKlriiinedd uihoi-ei-i, a glorious scarlet, fol- 

 lowed quickly afterwards by A. Muiiiinu, not quite 

 so bright, but still good, and, what is more, the 

 leaves (here at any rate) are retained until Feli- 

 ruary, and in sotiie seasons until end of March. 

 These are properly l'i(ris, but the popular name, 

 .\ndromeda, will stick. " After all. what's in a 

 name," if one gets the plant one wants? 



Azalea //iu//i.s- is always good, the leaves of the 

 red and pink-flowered plants turning varying 

 shades of crimson and scarlet, whilst those with 

 flowers of yellow shades turn a beautiful amber, 

 of the same shade as the Japanese larch, a tree 

 that shotdd be planted in bold groups for its 

 autnnin colouring; blocks of this Larch look at the 

 present time (Noveudier) like " Golden Sunshine." 



Azalea pnnt'ica, a more vigorous grower than the 

 mollis section, is very ornamental in its crimson 

 and scarlet shades, which last for quite a good 

 while.' 



