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IRISH GARDENING 



Some Shrubs of Recent 

 Introduction. 



A LARGE niiiuber ot new shrubs hav^e been intro- 

 duced diu-ing the last ten years or so, and there is 

 reason to believe that there are many more to 

 follow. Most of them luiil from China, and a good 

 many have been noted in past issues of Irish 

 (Gardening — notably, Berberis, Cotoneaster. 

 Deutzia, etc. 



It may therefore prove interesting to readers of 

 Irish Gardening to further extend these notes so 

 as to include the newest kinds and others not 

 hitherto noted. 



Camellia cuspidala seems likely to be ^ useful 

 hardy evergreen, and has received an award of 

 merit from 

 the K. H. S. 

 of England. 

 The dee )) 

 green pointed 

 leaves turn 

 to a rich 

 bronze- green 

 in winter. 

 The flowers 

 are white. 



Cotoneaster 

 aniopua adds 

 another to 

 the now con- 

 siderable list 

 of Cotoneas- 

 ters in culti- 

 vation, and 

 is likely to 

 b e c o m e a 

 f avourite 

 when better 

 known. It 

 will probably 

 prove nearly 

 evergreen in 

 mild locali- 

 ties. The 

 leaves are 

 smalLandthe 

 clusters of 

 white flowers 

 are followed 

 in autumn by red fruits. 



Cotoneaster harroriaiia is quite evergreen, with 

 lance-shaped leaves on long graceful slioots, 

 which also bear coryml^s of white flowers in 

 summer. The fruits and young shoots ere reddish 

 brown. 



Cotoneaster reflexa is a deciduous species re- 

 commended for wall culture. The ovate leaves 

 and white flowers are very attractive. This should 

 pi'ove a usefrl kind for those who like interesting 

 plants on w?lls and houses. 



Cytisus DaUiniorel is a beautiful and interesting 

 hybrid between ('. albvis and (". scopariiis 

 Andreanus, and is named in compliment to Mr. 

 Dallimore, late of the Arboretum, and now 

 assistant curator of the Forestry Museum at 

 Kew. The flowers, produced with all the i)ro- 

 digality of the Broom family, are ])ale rose 

 shaded with mauve. It has been honoured with 

 the award of merit of the B. H. S. of Englaiul. 



Daphne retusa is a dwarf compact species, and 



A BUSH OP Prunus Miqueliana flowering early in last April. 



tij) to the |)i'('Sent only small plants are in (ulti- 

 vation. It is evergreen, and i)roduces fragrant 

 flowers, white tinted wit h rosy-violet. Tnis choice 

 little shrub is sure to Ijc much sought after in a 

 very sliort time. 



Drutzia longifolia j)romises to be a welco:"; 

 addition to this already much-i)rized genus. It 

 is, of course, deciduous, growing 4 feet to 5 feet 

 or more in height, and freely i)roducing corymbs 

 of rose-coloured flowers in early summer. 



Dcutzia mollis and D. M'ilsonl are two desirable 

 white-flowered species, the latter remarkable for 

 the large size of the individual flowers, while 

 Deut~.ia Veitchii is said to be the best of the 

 Chinese Deutzias, bearing large deep rose-coloured 

 flowers. It, also, has received an award of merit. 

 Dipeltu floribunda and D. ventricosa are two in- 

 teresting introductions with ovate lan'-e-shai)ed 

 leaves and tubular flowers, the former jjale rose 



with an 

 orange tlu'oat 

 and the latter 

 deep rose and 

 pale yellow 

 within with 

 orange throat 

 The lirst- 

 named grows 

 about 4 feet 

 or .5 feet higli, 

 and the latter 

 feet and 

 over. 



Eaoiiymus 

 sant/idnea is 

 a new species 

 of 8])indle 

 Tree which 

 will pi-obably 

 be more a 

 tree than a 

 shrub as the 

 ])lants get 

 older. It is 

 ot i)articular 

 value for the 

 dark crimson 

 autumn tint 

 of the leaves. 

 Magnolia 

 Delavayi is 

 one of the 

 m o s t r e - 

 markable members of a strikingly beautiful geiuis. 

 The dark green leathery leaves are from 12 irches 

 to 13 inches long and 5 inches to <j inclu's wide, 

 and are the jirominent featiu-e of this plant. The 

 creamy-white flowers are not ver> freely ])roduced, 

 and are not so beautiful as in some other members 

 of the genus. Here it has grown freely on a 

 shady wall facing north-west, but i)ossibly in a 

 sunnier i)osition more flowers might appear. A 

 first-class certitica-te has been awarded. 



Osvianllnis armatus, like most of its kind, is of 

 slow growth, beai'ing long lance-shaped leaves 

 with deeply tootlu'd margins. The sweet-scented 

 white flowers ap|)ear in autumn. 



()s7nanthus Dchtvayi is a delightful dwarf ever- 

 green with small ovate pointed leaves, and pro- 

 ducing quantities of small white flowers early in 

 the year. 



PhUadelphus " Norma " adds another to the 

 long list of varieties of Mock Orange, and is re- 

 markable for the large size of the single white 



