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IRISH GARDENING. 



JL'NE 



last niontli in this issue, arc so tar hcvoiul iiu', 

 as they are not yet in (lower and I am not al-ilo 

 to determine the species. Siillice it to say tliat 

 the best method to deal with these is to j^ct 

 them to sprinj^ into i^rowth and (hen take out- 

 ting's, usinj^' a \ crv sandy compost tor their 

 propagation. 



Now, to deal uilli tlic last j^enera which will 

 come under obscr\ation in this series of art iclcs. 

 First, ihc most important is the " Oueen o( 



t"esti\ily and joy after the lont,-- weary months 

 o( snow, then hasteninj^ to se^d in ortler to 

 leproduce itself before the fall o\ the year ; and 

 one may safely say that il is a lleeting glory ot 

 a j^lorious reij^-n. for wo other plant trespasses 

 upon its domain. The treatment oi' this plant 

 ip in a ciimpost ol' granite rubble 

 il, ol' ecpial proportions, 

 ay the plants on their sides facing 



d and light 



IS to pot 



and 



and 



the sun, where 



ihev Liuite easil\- form new 



Saxifraga Dfxipiens, 



Saxifragas," Saxifraga longifolia, a plant which 

 grows, as M. Correvon describes, as " from 

 nothing at all," projecting from the surface of 

 the bare rock, throwing its roots away in the 

 crevices that occur in those giant rocks of ages, 

 seeming only to take its moisture from the 

 stone. Yet methinks this plant feeds more 

 through the leaves than any other plant of the 

 Alps, as under the microscope it shows a 

 predominance of organs for that purpose. To 

 see it growing there is a sight worthy of many 

 miles of travel, throwing forth its garlands of 

 waxy flowers as if to decorate the season of 



roots and become at home in their new 

 country. 



Saxifraga Aizoon and its varieties, balcana, 

 glacialis, incrustata, minor, recta and robusta, 

 form a veritable maze of difficulty when sorting 

 them out for our commercial and botanical cor- 

 rectitude. but their cultivation is an eas}' matter. 

 When planted in a fairly dry situation or potted 

 up they at once make great strides in what is, 

 to them, a superabundance of food. 



Saxifraga aquatica- I saw beneath a large 

 waterfall, but in such a difficult position that 

 it was impossible to collect. Its rare beauty 



