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IRISH GARDENING 



have pli'iisiiig white, 



Campanula isophylla in a Fissure of Natural 

 Rock at Dalkey. 



The Xatuiekis — " Savorys " — are akin to the 

 Thymes, and make small bushes of fragrant 

 foliage with purple or lilac flowers. S. moiifiiiin 

 and ks variety ilb/rira, are fairly conmion in cul- 

 tivation, but ^'. fhi/mlira, from the Mediterra- 

 nean, i.s rare. 



T((/i((ccfHm.— The Tansies are aromatic plants 

 akin to the Camomiles. T. adenanthum and T. 

 Ill rule are two snuxll-growing kinds with very 

 silvery foliage. 



All these genera are normally aromatic. Of 

 those which are not, one must draw attention to 

 certain new Chinese primula species, such as 7'. 

 Fnrrexti. I'. iiiiilacoi(1es. F. Giraldi, and P. nvtans. 

 all of which liave foliage emitting a strong odour 

 of pineajii'le. 



Of shrubs, pride of place must be given to 

 Lippia ritiiodoTd— the well-known " lemon- 

 scented Verbenrt," which unfortunately is not 

 hardy everywhere. Nor do I know of any abso- 

 lutely hardy aromatic-foliaged shrub. The Bay 

 tree — Liiiinix naJjitis — is the hardiest; it has a 

 cousin, f<as.i(ifi(ix offirhude, about equally hardy, 

 l)ut this grows into a good-sized tree. 



The Mvrtles are less hardy; there are several 

 varieties of the Common Myrtle, varying in the 

 size and shape of leaf and colour of the fruit, and 

 there are two otlier interesting species— J/. T'cjn' 

 and M. Liiiiki. 



The Myi-inis—' Gales." M. ffide—" Sweet 

 Gale "—is the best known. .¥. reiifi'm, .1/. r(//o- 



/(/icd.si.s, and .V. ciilifinn 

 waxy fruits. 



Ijastly, where climatii' conditions permit, the 

 '"■antiful TAiiiieliii urdiimtiin should l)e grown. 

 I his charming plant is e.xtieinely rare, l)ul 

 licaltliy plants of it will l)e found in favoured 

 ;iardcns like those of Sir .lohn Ross of Bladens- 

 Inirg at Rostrevor and of Mrs. Hart at Wuodsidc, 



Ho^''^'- MuHIiAV HORNIBROOK. 



Notes from Rostrevor. 



Among the many plants recently introduced into 

 I his country is Buddleia officinalis, one of the 

 rarliest of the genus, and producing panicles of 

 .-,iuall, pale, ])ink-mauvc scented fiowers with a 

 yellow eye. It was not supposed to be very hardy, 

 and it failed outside once or twice, but now seems 

 established in a sheltered corner, li. ijhibiesceiiK, 

 another new species, is in good bud, but has not 

 yet oi)ened. Acacia dealbata and .1. decuireiix 

 are both in fine bloom, yellow and fragrant; to 

 be followed almost immediately by A. aimata. 

 Caiiii'tlid liipoiiica, red, and C. tiiaijiwli:tfl<irn. 

 wliite, slightly tinted with rosy-i)ink, are also 

 showing up well. One often wonders why these 

 lieautiful evergreen shrubs, looking ever so much 

 better when grown outside than when under glass, 

 are not more extensively planted in favotu'cd dis- 

 tricts. They seem to be hardy, and have nuieh 

 111 recommend them. The best display of them 

 iliat I have seen is at Tregothnan, near Falmouth, 

 where there are very many of them, grown to 

 ,ilmost tree-like dimensions, and all laden with 

 masses of large bright flowers. I'niitus divari- 

 lata, P. Siinonii, and P. Atnyydolus are now in 

 Moom; the last-named (the Almond tree and 

 yielding good fruit) is by far the best. Chinatis 

 indirisa, an evergreen climber from New Zealand, 

 is extremely floriferous and striking in early 

 spring, and is well worth growing. C Armandi, 

 another evergreen from China, is quite as desir- 

 able, and will show its conspicuous white blossoms 

 in a very few days. The following, moreover, are 

 out, or are just bursting into flower : — Berberis 

 Danriiiii. becoming a small tree, orange; B. 

 iiepideiisis. bright yellow; B. priiinosa, from 

 Yunnan; Cidycotume infesta, from Dalmatia; 

 Caii/Iopsis pauciflora, C sinensis, C. spicafa, C. 

 WiUinotfiu- : Ci/donin joponicn, ('. nivalis; Drimys 

 aromatiru, T). coloiata, 1). Winteri; Edjeicortliiu 

 clirysantha. golden corymbs, Exochurda giandi- 

 flora; Forsyfliia susjiensa, F. riridissiina ; 

 Fuclisid excoiiicata, a large and interesting shrub 

 from New Zealand; Osmantlnis DeJavai/ii, new. 

 and covered with small white flowers; Bibes ijor- 

 donianum, P. sanguinriun ; Syringa (jiraldiana, 

 new, the earliest of the genus, rosy-lilac; Xan- 

 tliorrhiza apiifolia, dark purple. To this list may 

 be added : — Phododendron liippopli;iiiides; Ph. 

 Keiskei, pale yellow; Ph. inovpinciise, white; 

 Ph. Piiiei, rosy-mauve, dark purple at the base 

 inside the corolla; another species which was in- 

 troduced as Ph. oleifolium, but is not true to that 

 name, pink; and a form of Ph. arboreuni which, 

 like some of the other plants just mentioned, is 

 niucli earlier than usual. On the other hand. Ph. 

 ShephenHi. which ordinarily displays bright red 

 trusses about this time, shows no sign of doing 

 so this year; while Ph. hiiesren.^, yellow, seems 

 later than usual, and has not yet opened. 



Allied to PhadodendroiX is Cassandra calycubita. 

 now in bloom; as well as Pieris japonira,the new 

 1', titiinraiirnsi.t, and P. flmibiindn . This last 



