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that height, and B. aJatcrnus, car. rotundifoUus, 

 with stalked flowers and bees busy at tliem, was 

 18 feet high. 



Cratcvgus Korolluiri, 1 tliought very fine. The 

 fruit was formed, and this, and its large leaves, 

 produced a grape-vine-like effect which I thought 

 handsome. The Apricot (rntnus Armcniaca) was 

 about 35 feet high and 3 feet in girth of trunk. 



For general purposes my visit was too early, 

 but it was well enough timed for seeing many 

 trees in an interesting condition. 



The Citrange. 



The Citrange is a hybrid sluub raised in America 

 })y crossing the hardy Citrus trifolktta with the 

 cultivated orange Citrus aurantium. 

 The characters of the hybrid are wonderfidly 



it is said, to raise a hardier race of oranges so as 

 to extend the geographical area of cultivation, and 

 make it possible to grow oranges farther north. 



By artificially pollinating the Bowers a small 

 orange has been produced at (ilasnevin, but it 

 fell off in late autumn while still hard and green. 

 The chances of growing oranges (out of doors) in 

 Ireland are rather remote. 



Tritomas : 



B. 



Monitors of the Waning Year. 

 When the warm September days give place to 

 cooler nights; when the summer flowers begin 

 to fade and fail, there are to be found amongst 

 our hardy garden plants some that bring 

 rich and intense colourings as their blooms un- 

 fold. Conspicuous in this category are Tritomas, 



Photo hy] 



Citrus aurantium. 



Citrange. 



iMissE. V.Miller 

 ^GLE SEPIARIA. 



intermediate, more especially in the leaves. The 

 accompanying illustration shows well the varia- 

 tion in the leaves from the entire leaf of C. auron- 

 tium to the trifoliate leaf of (.'. trifoliata. 



While C. trifoliata is deciduous, but with green 

 l)ranches, C. aurantium, which, of course, is not 

 hardy, is evergreen; the Citrange is' practically 

 evergreen on a wall, but loses the older leaves in 

 spring. 



In Captain Riall's garden at Bray the hybrid is 

 hardy in the open, and was lately in free flower 

 there. 



The specimens from which the illustration was 

 prepared were grown in the Royal Botanic Gardens, 

 Glasnevin, where C. trifoliata is quite hardy, the 

 hybrid is hardy grown against a wall, and the C. 

 aurantium is, of course, grown in a greenhouse. 



The interest in the hybrid lies in the fact that 

 it may easily prove hardy enough to grow as an 

 open shrub in many parts of Ireland, where it 

 would doubtless be valued for its sweet-scented 

 flowers in June and July. 



The object of making the cross in America was. 



which, amid faint suffusions on creeper and on 

 tree, appear sentinel-like, giving to the borders 

 a new splendour, and an added glory in the 

 waning of the year. They are known to some 

 as Kniphofias, or Torch Lilies. To a far greater 

 number, perhaps, they are more readily recog- 

 nised under the familiar name of Red Hot Poker. 

 When the spikes reveal themselves in tones of 

 vermilion, and in scarlet and yellow, we think 

 that Torch IJly is appropriate, as they are verit- 

 able flames of colour in these shortening days. 

 Their very presence is an indication tliat autumn 

 stands like a waiting guest at the door; nay, has 

 come, indeed, and is even now upon the 

 threshold.. It is in signs like these tliat Nature 

 writes her story. And yet, 'tis true, she is a kindly 

 visitor. As yet, her presence is but little felt, 

 for some of our trees are garbed in all the loveli- 

 ness of their summer green. There is still a soft 

 consenting atmosphere making the garden a 

 pleasant place in which to linger in days that 

 are fair. Presently, she will touch with her icy 

 fingers the trees and hedgerows, giving to the 



