IRISH GARDENING 



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Clematis jouiniana. 



This is quite one of the Ijest of our autumn 

 climbers, commencing to flower in September 

 and continuing throughout October. It is 

 equally effective on an old tree, trellis, or 

 climbing over a hedge, and where plenty of 

 spa,ce is available it may be allowed to ramble 

 at its o^ni sweet will, for no pruning is required. 

 On trellis work where space is limited the rods 

 may occasionally be tliinned out, for it is a 

 strong grower and in good ordinary soil there 

 is no difficulty attending its culture, or trouble 

 from dying off. 



The flowers 

 are w h i t e, 

 tinged on the 

 outside with 

 lilac, scarcely 

 jnore than an 

 inch across, 

 but they are 

 borne both at 

 the ends of 

 the branches 

 a n din the 

 axils of the 

 leaves, so that 

 beautiful long 

 s p r a y- 1 ike 

 growths are 

 f or me d, a 

 sweet scent 

 adding to 

 their charm. 



The leaves are large for a ('lematis. of a deep 

 lustrous green. 



For some years this plant has been listed in 

 British catalogues as C. grata, a native of 

 Himalaya, rarely cultivated. Its proper name 

 has been established as C. jouiniana, and it is 

 supposed to be a hybrid of Con.tinental origin, 

 between the well-known Old Man's Beard or 

 Traveller's Joy (C. Vitalba) and the Chinese 

 C. Da\'idiana, which is almost herbaceous, but 

 from appearances and time of flowering C. 

 paniculata seems a more likely parent than the 

 Traveller's Joy Clematis. 



At Nancy C. jouiniana has l)een crossed by 

 C. Davidiana, and as a result Messrs. Lemoin.e 

 et Fils are offering some flne new hybrid 

 Clematis of herbaceous habit with very long erect 

 spikes of flowers such as Campanile, Cote d'Azur. 



Two new forms of the true C. grata have been 

 introduced recently from China — namely . C. grata 

 lobulata and C. grata grandidentata : but they 

 are inferior to the older ]ilant (C. jouiniana) both 

 in foliage and flower, and their summer flowerine; 

 habit makes then; of less value in the garden. 



Clematis jouixiaxa. 



Annuals for the Rockery. 



For the rock garden there are several pretty 

 annuals of dwarf habit, their chief value being 

 that they may be had in flower in late summer 

 and autumn, at a time when the true Alpine 

 perennials are mostly over. Very often it is 

 advisable to sow them where they are to flower 

 though it is quite possible to raise the seedlings 

 in i)ots or boxes, and ]ilant out as desired. In 

 the latter case the treatnient should be perfectly 

 cool from the first, as when coddled too much 

 they fail to make satisfactory progress when 

 transi)lanted. 



The dwarf er 

 kinds may be 

 sown in nooks 

 and crannies 

 among the 

 rocks and 

 rocky steps or 

 paths, first 

 working in a 

 few haudfuls 

 of sandy soil 

 to give t h e 

 young plants 

 a fair s t a rt. 

 Stronger sorts 

 may he sown 

 on fiat i)ockets 

 i'ither alone or 

 among dwarf 

 |>ereiniial Al- 

 pines. They 

 ari! also very 

 useful for sow- 

 ing over early 

 flowering bulbs like the many si)ecies of spring 

 flowering Crocuses, Xareissus minor and minimus. 

 N.'Bulbocodiiun. Tulipa dasystemon, &c. In this 

 way, the rock gard .1. which to sonu^ minds loses 

 interest when not amass of flower, may be kcpl 

 gay into autiuun. 



^EthioiKMua liuxbaunii is a i)retty little annual 

 with iiale red of rose coloured flowers, and grows 

 about six inches higli. 



A. saxatile is somewhat similar, but has spikes 

 of ])retty pink flowers. 



Androsace lactiflora i)roduces rosetti's of leaves 

 from which rise the flower steins, each surnuumted 

 by an umbel of jiure white flowers. 



'Canq)anula attica is a (h-lighlful little .si)ecies 

 from (ireece. It grows about six inches high and 

 bears abiuulanc(> of line pm-ple flowers. There is 

 also a white variety of the same sjiecies. 



("ami)anifla Erinus is also suitable f(U- the 

 rockerv. growing six to nine inches high, antl 

 bearing blue or white flowers, sonu-tiiues sulTused 

 l>ink. 



Corydalis glauca is a graceful little tumitory 

 with dainty glaucous leaves and racemes of pretty 

 yellow flowers. 



Corydalis rosea is similar with rosy flowers, 

 (irammanthes gentianoides is a showy little 

 plant allied to the Sedums. It scarcely gets 

 more than three inches high, and in a sunny 

 ixisitiou smothers itself in orange red flowers. 



