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IRISH GARDENING 



Thi-y come uik1»t \hv same i-nieyory a> tlu' 

 Butrhers' Broom, aiitl must In' muted. 



There was a well-kiiowii inirserymaii some vi'ars 

 aj;o who made a speciality of the Aiuidta l»y -irow- 

 iiiy it in pots and i)olliiiatiii'r liis Irmale plaiils; 

 and tliese, wlieii in herry. tound a leady and 

 liarative sale. 



St ra urn .sill is a family not yet well knwwn, l)nt 

 of the three si)eeies I know, N. ijlum rsi ms is "■ no 

 good," iait l>oth N. DiiriiHiinn and N. iinihiliitn are 

 excellent fruiting suhjeets, the foiMiei erecl in 

 growtjj, the latter spreading, and Imth lieny 

 freely. 



Symphoriearpus, if we e.xrept the wiiite-lxiried 

 I'eniettj/ii, is our hest white-herried shrnl). and 

 .S. iineiiuisii hirii/iitii the hest of the Snowl)erries. 



Of the Whortle" Bill, Huekle, and ..tlu'r Berries 

 of the fannly of Vaieinivnu, the one 1 select to 

 represent them is V. eiiitlnniinintm, whose 

 herries, the size of a decent Boskoop (Jiaiit Blai-k 

 Currant, are first red and then a glistening, shin- 

 in"; black, and also i)alatai»le. 



The Guelder Ro.se Clan embraces several fine 

 fruiting shrubs. The connnon Guelder Rose, 

 Vilniinuin (^imliis, is well known. The Wayfaring 

 tree, T'. Inntana, is also good; and T". ifn/tiili- 

 pli If II 11 III, a distinctly handsome evergreen, occa- 

 sionally i)rodnces huge crops of bright red berries 

 which eventually turn black. 



Of the Vine family (I nuist not speak of Black 

 Hamburg or G. Colman), l)ut will conclude my 

 list with speaking of the beauty when in fruit of 

 Vitis liumulifoliii. I knew it only as a fairly 

 decent climbing plant from a foliage })oint of 

 view, but one day I came on an old plant which 

 had been thrown out at the back of a hedge and 

 forgotten. It made up its mind to do " its l)it," 

 pushed a vigorous shoot through to the sunny side 

 of the hedge, and finished by producing some 

 elegant sprays of the most charming small blue 

 grapes. Since then I have loved that plant; Imt. 

 alas ! it has never given me a grape since. 



G. N. S. 



Trial of Herbaceous Phloxes. 



Thk Royal Horticultural Society invites growers 

 to send Herbaceous Phloxes for trial at their 

 Gardens in 1922. Three plants of each variety 

 should be sent to reach the Director (from whom 

 the necessary entry forms may be obtained) on or 

 before Noveinber .SOth, 1921. They should be ad- 

 dressed to The Director, R.H.S. Gardens, Wisley. 

 Ripley, Surrey. (Goods to Horsley Station, 

 L. & S. W. Ry.) 



Autumn at Rostrevor 



September is one of the best months of the year, 

 bright and pleasant, and it introduces a display 

 of autnnni flower which renders it welcome and 

 enjoyable; but this season has been hitherto an 

 exception to the general rule, and the recent cold, 

 wet, and absence of snn have conspired to make 

 the garden more dull and uninteresting tlian 

 would have been the case under more favourable 

 weather conditions. The i)lants on the whole. 

 however, have grown well, and therewith we ought 

 surely to be amply content, even if we still regret 

 some deficiency in the ordinary luxuriance of 

 oolour to which we are accustomed. The newly 

 imported Tinddleiu Forrcstii failed to keep its 

 rather lax blue-purple trusses as long as usual, 



but its handsome grey downy foliage and branch- 

 lets are alwavs conspicuous and desirable in the 

 shrubbery. Crnitosliyma \\illmotti:r on the (.ther 

 hand, is (|uite satisfactory, and the beautiful sky- 

 blue (lowers ar<' well .set off if ])lanted near the 

 bright yellow l.iinini flniinn; its companion, how- 

 ever. ('. I'olliiUi. which should now be smothered 

 with numerous snuill light blue star-like bloom, 

 has been somewhat disajjpoint ing. Putum xiin- 

 'liiiniii has been growing ln-ie unhurt at the foot 

 of a wall for some years, and is now fully ojieii, 

 with a |)rofusion of long orang<' tubes ending with 

 a red trum|)et ; but the canary-coloured, and, as 

 I think, UKue desirable, I), flinihiiiiilti, shows no 

 sign of bestowing a similar favour. Unhi rulnpsm 

 idriilliiiii is a vigorous clindx-r bearing many 

 racemes well furnished with .bright coral blossoms 

 about a third of an inch in diameter, as if moulded 

 out of wax; it thrives best in some shade, and, like 

 some other Chilian plants it detests lime. Exce|)t 

 the more coMunon ('Iniinti.i liliirlln , the majority 

 of that genus bav*- done fairly well; among them 

 ('. (iioinutiiii . ('. Jiirijt'ii/iii. ('. ((iiiipniiifloni, ('. 

 riisiia, and especially ('. Fhnn inuln , which here 

 covers a large thorn tree; but we missed nmch of 

 the fragrance with which it fills the air even at 

 a considerable distance, and which makes it so 

 po|)ular and general a favourite. Among the 

 ciind)ers, the evergreen JiillnriTiini loiiuiflont 

 should not be omitted, and, coming from Tasmania, 

 it will prove hardy in many parts of the country; 

 the fiower in spring is not remarkaV»lc, but it 

 claiujs attention, for at this season, and even ear- 

 lier, it is covered with violet coloured berries, or 

 rather capsules nearly an inch in length. There 

 is another species, B. fntticosa, less connnon with 

 equally large cay)sules but ivory white, which make 

 i* an interesting object in the late summer. I 

 have foimd it rather harder to establish; it lias 

 produced its handsome fruit several times, but 

 none have api)eared this year. 



Most of the Fuschias are autunm flowering, and 

 add much to the heauty of the w'ild garden. Some 

 are. perfectly hardy, and many are likely to be 

 successful in mild districts; among them the 

 various forms of F. rnairostemnKt are best known, 

 but F. coidifoHn. F. Cotthu/hnmii, F. riiii nii>h i/lln . 

 F. .smntifoViit, F. ihymifoVia, and the dwarf creep- 

 ing F. proriinihcna, from New Zealand, should not 

 be forgotten : nor should their distant kinsman, 

 (Uipht'o stiidillosa be neglected — a small perennial 

 which seems to be quite at home here. Despite 

 the weather, there is a good deal of bloom showing, 

 though neither ('Irrodnuhon Finijrai nor C . tri- 

 rlintomiim hav<> b(>en at their best. Aciirin cahim'i- 

 fiiUa and .4. (lirfiirhiand are producing many 

 Mimosa-like yellow flowers. Aphipupinis rr'uo'uhs, 

 Ciiissiihi sfirrocfiiilis, HininrmiiiniKi fiiindi'infdJid, 

 \<ni<linii <l</mrstic(i, and Fimrlra lurifinta, which 

 are suited to rock work, are as eood as usual; also 

 the larger shrubs, Jtea ilirifoliii, the Lespedeza-?, 

 Mi/rfiis (oiininniiti, Olfdiin driminin'folid, (K 

 nlrifiilid, (>. oihiidtd, 0. Hohnulri, fc'^trum roiu/iii, 

 ('. Fixpidii, and others. IIihIkhii/iui jiirohiridfii 

 failed to flower, an exanmle which was not followed 

 by //. Jiortcnsia nor by II. piiii'inildtd. The smalli'r 

 Iluvfiiiiiiii ;i'<ii/ptidrum and II. liichrri, have done 

 well, as also the larger H. hj.siindchoidpn, and an- 

 other similar to it and also forming a dense bush 

 introduced recently from China as No. 8626 For- 

 rest. Bow hid rf rata was somewhat earlier than 

 usual, and so was Sohnrum jiinmiiioiflc!^; both 

 tli(\se fine species continue to bloom till the winter 



