I02 



IRISH GARDENING 



July, iiiiikiii': a muss of slfiid.T. uny sli-iiis. fiii- 'I'li.'ir air stv.ial y.'lli.w -llnw ,i ,•,! ,i„..i.- r.f 



nisln'.l with narrow leaves, and pcMJiifiriu masses Lifhuspr, m >,,„ . I.iit ilicV aiv oi little ard.unl .uul 



of wliitf llowi'is with a faint su^'-^i-st ion of pink. not fjciii-ially hanly. 



Till- form lallt'd Liiimu snlsnlnulrx iininun or inns- ,-r t 



tnifiin, has no jidvatitai,'." over the typ.-. so far as "" '"' '•""'"""'') 



l!k"i;r£::fi,r;'i}'!!;''';:::;;;„l Autumn Flowedng Ceanothuses. 



to kcfp. Ai Ti .\IN llou. lio'.' sinnl..- aii- l)V no nn.ins loo 



Litln,sinriini„i nulndr^ s..mu' of tli,. (inrsi hhi.- pl«'iitifnl. and any lliat can \<r inlnxhurd in ..iir 



Howered ali>inis; inol.alily nolliin;: lan cxi el tlie ^'aiih-ns nnisl lie an advanla^rc 



masses of /,. innsfniiinn to l)e seen in .some of tin- The Ceanothuses have lon^' hr.n knnwn and ad- 



Irish •jranlcns. where lime is fthsent from the soil. mired, l)ut they are even now imh ii>,(| to the 



T'ndoid>te<lly the s])eeies just mentioned is tlie e.xtent they mifjlit he. A donlittnl rcimtalion as 



finest in the <:enus. and no roek garden sliould to hariliness has .soniethiiif.' to do with this, yet 



he wilhonl it wluwe there is any hope of success. there are few i)art.s of Ireland where thev eaniiot 



Where the natural S(.il is unsnitahle. a free ad- 1>«' K'owii. if not as hushes in the oix-n." at least 



mi.xturc ..f j.cai is hcli)fui. and a fair ammnil <if a-rainst a wall. W'r will not. at pi-esent. discuss 



moisture is nei-es>.iry. Where special l)eds are tlii> ever ._rnen, ,-prin<_' (lowcrinir section. I»ut con-^ 



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inade_ for );eat-lovin>i j)huils, such as Heatlis, 

 Dwarf Rhododendrons, and such like, there 

 I/ifhosiirrnniin iJiostnitii in may he induced to 

 estal)lish itself, and a glorious feast of real 

 gentian hlue may l)e enjoyed. 



L. Ihisfmi'i is a dwarf herbaceous species, flour- 

 ishing in a moist pocket at tin; hase of tlw lock- 

 work or at the edge of a small !«)'_;. The fiowcis 

 are comparatively large, hlue with a wliiti>li 

 ■' eye." 



L. ijin iiiiiiifoJiiiiii makes a i)ro>tiale, s])rea<lin>_f 

 mass u[ wiry shoots, clothed willi lonu-. naiiow, 

 shiniut: green leaves; the flowers ai'C of a heauti- 

 ful i-ich l)lue, and the plant grows readily in a 

 siuuiy i)osition in any well-drained soil. 



L. inteiniediinn makes a small shi-ub, and is 

 hy some ])referred to all others. It is more erect 

 than the preceding, with duller leaves, and is, 

 on the whole, a more vigorous ])iani. The flowers 

 are fi'eely i)roduc-e(l in early summer, a luvi'ly 

 clear bhu-. 



L. rosiiniriiiifoliinn is iei)utedly tender, but 

 seems to flourish if plantc^d well up on the 

 rockery, where it can get well ripened in summer. 

 It forms quite a bush when doing well, and 

 flowers in early spring, and sometimes intei- 

 niittently during autunni and winter. 



line ourselves to the hroaclcr-lcaved deciduous 

 kinds flowering in August and September. 



There are many of then), mostly garden hybrids, 

 hut none the less usefid for that." 



Their requirements seem to be, a warm, deei> 

 soil and exposure to the sun. in prcjiaring a site 

 for ])lanting, the soil should he well broken np 

 l.l to 2 feet deep, and it known tn he latlier poiu- 

 in (puiMty, a barrowful of hetter soil should be 

 added lound each plant to ensure it making a 

 good .-.tart. Flowering as they do at this season 

 of the year, it is, clearly, on shoots of the cm-rent 

 year"s growth tliat the flowers are borne; hence, 

 to ensure good growth the following year, and to 

 keep the bushes within bounds, tliey should be 

 pruni'd back to within a few buds of the l)ase in 

 -March. The colours are for the most part shades 

 of l.hie and pink, and of the two, the ])Jues are 

 niiist effective and niost generally admired. The 

 tollowing can be rc^connnendeci :— Blues, Leon 

 Sninni. ])ale blue; Hijou, good blue; ItIdiiv iles 

 I'Jd II fines, blue; Ivdujo, deep blue; and GJo'iir di 

 Vrisnilh's. Pink or Rose varietes are : — Albert 

 I'iffrt. rosv lilac; ('('rrs. I'ose ; Mmif Rosp. deep 

 rose; rii'iir </' Kfi. carmine j.iid^; I'rilr h'nsc. 



These f( 



it a sel.'cti 



