IRISH GARDENING 



VOLUME IX 



No. loo 



Edited by C- F. Ball. 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE 



ADVANCEMENT OF HORTICULTURE AND 



ARBORICULTURE IN IRELAND 



JUNE 

 1914 



Notes on Tender Shrubs and Plants 



(Growing out of Doors in and about Killiney, Co. Dublin), 



LIRKAR 



NEW YO 



=tlOTANIC 



By Richard C. M'M. Smyth, F.R.H.S 



In this favoured neighbourhood (the south side 

 of Dalkey Hill and along the shores of Killiney 

 Bay), sheltered from cold winds and subject 

 to very little frost even in severe winters, 

 can be grown enough tender shrubs and 

 plants to satisfy the most fastidious gardener. 



In the rock 

 garden of Kil- 

 liney Castle, 

 situated high 

 over the Vico 

 Road, can be 

 seen the fol- 

 lowing shrubs 

 and plants 

 growing very 

 strongly, and 

 in their turn 

 Howering well : 

 Cytisus race- 

 mosus or Gen- 

 ista fragrans 

 scents the 

 whole garden ; 

 Cytisus mons- 

 pessulanus, 

 another fine 

 variety, blooms 

 early and well ; 

 Cineraria mar- 

 itima, with the 

 silvery leaves ; 



Veronicas Hulkeana and Lavaudiana, both in 

 tine flower ; Erica arl)orea ; various \'uccas ; 

 Agathaea ccelestis, with sky-l)lue Daisy-like 

 blooms ; Cineraria lobata, yellow flowers ; Cal- 

 ceolaria violacea (in full flower now — May 12) ; 

 Cazanias, with orange and white flowers, great 

 bloomers ; Aloe ferox doing the best ; various 

 Mesembryanthenmms (from Malta) bloom 

 yearly (Mesem. edule covered a square yard in 

 a year) ; Sempervivum barbatum (Malta) covered 



,, MovHit Henry, Dalkey, 

 with yellow ilowers ; 



Co. Dublin. 



Sedum dendroideum 



Photo l,y] 



The Desert 



spreads into grand plants and masses of bloom. 

 (This plant began to bloom in March and is at its 

 best now — May 12.) In the Fern and Primula 

 portion of the garden will be found Primulas 

 kewensis and malacoides (having been growing 



there t w o 

 years) in good 

 flower, a n d 

 amongst the 

 Ferns the 

 Woodwa r d i a 

 does not ob- 

 ject in any 

 way to its out- 

 door quarters. 

 In the gar- 

 den, Mount 

 Henry, Dal- 

 key, hi a fairly 

 sheltered cor- 

 ner one finds a 

 very good 

 ])lantof Calce- 

 olaria Clibraui, 

 showing now 

 (May 12) plen- 

 ty of blooms 

 of gootl size 

 and quality. 

 It is two years 

 in its present 

 position, and^fiowercd well each year. Close 

 beside it is a plaiit of l)imori)hotheca Echlonis, 

 its Daisy-like bloouis being much admired for 

 their ])eculiar colouring. 



Various Fuchsias, originally from the green- 

 house, grow very easily here antl there, the size 

 of the blooms being (juite as good as when 

 indoors. Sedum dendroideum hangs down the 

 walls wherever it is planted ; Veronica Hulkeana 

 is beautiful ; Cazanias winter Al, as do various 



(iAUDKX AT Mol'NT TTENHY 



