IRISH GARDENING 



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Even the Roses, which are mostly associated 

 with the beauty of their flowers, are not to be 

 despised for the autumn charm of their fruits. 

 The Jajianese Rosa rugosa is distinctly handsome 

 in its autunm garb of orange-red fruits and 

 golden leaves, while a bush of the large-fruited 

 Rosa pomifera is a glory m itself. A very 

 different subject is Rosa alpma, a dwarf grower, 

 spreadmg freely by stolons, and coveruig itself 

 hi autuinn with long bright red "" hips." These 

 are all species of Roses, and to some mmds 

 anything which 

 savours of the botani- 

 cal in Roses is sure to 

 be dull and uninteres- 

 ting ; this idea, how- 

 ever, is fast losmg its 

 hold, and people are 

 beginning to realise 

 that plants may have 

 other beauties than 

 brilliant floAvers ; 

 Roses and Honey- 

 suckles are favourites 

 in gardens for theu' 

 flowers, but how many 

 have considered the 

 latter for the orna- 

 mental value of theu- 

 fruits. When walkuig 

 through a collection 

 of Honeysuckles one 

 is often surprised and 

 delighted with the 

 beautiful fruits of 

 some kinds which had 

 not been conspicuous 

 in flower. Lonicera 

 Caprifolium has 



clusters of orange 

 berries nestling in 

 the cuj) formed by 

 the junction of the 



Sullivantii has red berries. L. cau'ulea derives 

 its name from the blue fruits it bears, and the 

 pale translucent berries are characteristic of L. 

 translucens. Perhaps the greatest surprise of 

 all is to come on a bush of Dr. Henry's Honey- 

 suckle, L. Henry i, laden with dense clusters of 

 ])ur])lish fruit ; and one can imagine the 

 worthy doctorV delight when first he found his 

 namesake growing wild hi far Cathay. 



Among the spindle trees there are several 

 sorts which bear ornamental fruits. The 

 common one is one of the best, and is a beautiful 

 sight when Well furnished with its dangling 

 fruits, the pink fleshy covering just openhig to 

 reveal the yellow seeds withm. Euonymus 



Fruit of the Fringe Tree (Chionanthus virgiuica) 

 (see page 166). 



eaves, and likewise L 



latifolius and E. macropterus are two broader- 

 leaved khids of greater beauty. 



Crataegus Pyracantha— sonietimes called the 

 Fu"e Bush — is a wonderful sight in autumn when 

 smothered m its orange -coloured berries. In 

 connnon with the Rowan, though it suffers from 

 the depredations of bu-ds, the fruits behig no 

 sooner rii)e than they begui to vanish. A some- 

 what similar, but less hardy, shrub is Pyracantha 

 angustifolia, which ripens its fruit veiy late in 

 the year, and is frequently a glorious sight at 



Christmas. A warm 

 sunny wall is neces- 

 sary for the proper 

 development of this 

 rather tender species, 

 but many less worthy 

 things are accommo- 

 dated on Avails, while 

 there is the additional 

 advantage of its being 

 evergreen. The 

 fruits are deeper in 

 colour than those of 

 C. Pyracantha. The 

 Sea Buckthorn Hip- 

 pophse rhamnoides is 

 a charming study hi 

 grey and gold during 

 autumn and whiter ; 

 the berries are orange - 

 coloured and very 

 ornamental, but as 

 the plant is unisexual 

 it is necessary to plant 

 staininate and pistil- 

 late plants together to 

 ensure a good crop of 

 fruit. 



An unco m m o n 

 shrub, suitable for a 

 wall.is Rhajihithaninus 



cyanocarj)Us, which is evergreen, and occasion- 

 ally produces a croj) of handsome blue berries 

 which always attract attention. This plant 

 cannot be recommended asperfectly hardy every- 

 where, but can generally be accommodated on 

 a Wall not too directly exposed to the sun. 

 Among larger growing things the Thorns are, 

 of course, conspicuous every autumn ; though 

 the common species is good, it is exceeded in 

 ])eauty of fruit by some of the American kinds, 

 which p)roduce larger and brighter coloured 

 liaws, C. cocinea, the Scarlet Haw, is very 

 conspicuous hi winter, and well worth plantmg 

 in parks and pleasure grounds. Among the 

 Pyruses, too, are numerous varieties which bear 

 ornamental fruits, particularly the Crabs, such 



