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IRISH GARDENING. 



thev are ostablishcil in show pans tlu' !->i.'t Ut ihc 

 ollect. 



They should be phinle*.! at on>.e in a niixliire 

 of equal proportions of" sand, leal-soil and i^ood 

 loam, with a _i,>-ood amount ol iiocks at the 

 1-iottom tv'> assure i^^ooil drainiiiL^e They should 

 be kept elose for a few weeks alter paimini^ up. 

 and he placed in a peiinaneni santl l->ed, the 

 pans beini,-- pluiii^ed up to the lim. In se\ere 

 frosty weather it would be well to eolleet a few 



pine needle s, o r 



bracken fern, and lay 

 liyhtly over. 



Primula denticulala 

 and its \arieties alba 

 and purpurea are oi' 

 easy culture. These 

 plants will tlower 

 much stronj^'-er if i;-iven 

 some artificial manure 

 as st^on as ifrowth sets 

 in. They also should 

 be panned as soon as 

 possible after the 

 leaves have died awa\- 

 and treated very simi- 

 larly to P. frondosa. 



The Androsaces 

 will also be considered 

 plants of highest merit 

 in this competition, 

 but only four of them 

 are available at that 

 time of the year, and 

 even they with a little 

 protection. 



Androsace primu- 

 loides and A. 

 Chumbyi require the 



same treatment. They should be panned 

 during August in a mixture of one and a half 

 part leaf, one part sand, a half a part of 

 loam. A number of sandstone cobbles, about 

 the size of hens' eggs, should be mixed through 

 the soil. The plants should be placed round 

 the pan, not quite touching each other, and 

 planted, as it were, above the level of the rim 

 of the pan, making a kind of mound contained 

 in the pan. They should afterwards be placed 

 in a sand bed and covered with a hand-light or 

 cloche, resting on a few bricks to allow a cur- 

 rent of air and to keep off the rain, and they 

 should be watered without wetting the leaves. 



ArRKiKTiA HRiDi;s.MAn> — Ikkns Little Gem 



Androsace \ illosa. The same rule applies to 

 this species, with the exception that fme sanil 

 should be sprinkled over the top to allow the 

 little rosettes to root individually, but the root- 

 ing medium shouKl be the same as in the pre- 

 \ ious case. 



Anilrosace I.aggeii, a limestone lo\er, will 

 \ ield \er\ much lolhe same treatment , with the 

 important exception that limestiine sand anil 

 limestone cobbles must be useil. 



Il will be fountl 

 llial these plants, 

 though later flowering 

 when |-)ianted out oi' 

 doors, will flower in 

 good time if protected 

 the whole of the win- 

 ter with cloches or 

 hand-glasses, which 

 s h o u 1 d n e v e r b e 

 allowed to become 

 closed. 



Till-: \'iOLA. — This 

 family presents one 

 o( the most sb.owv o\' 

 spi'ing Alpines, antl 

 to which a general 

 rule can be adopted. 

 Species and varieties 

 that are suitable for 

 tlowering at that time 

 of the year are — 

 gracilis, bosnaica, 

 olympica, c e i n s i a, 

 florescens, cornuta, 

 C, alba and C. Papilio, 

 and rupestris. These 

 plants should be pan- 

 ned up not later than 

 October, and cut hard back in order to get 

 bottom growth. They should be placed in 

 a frame till about an inch of growth has 

 taken place, and afterwards hardened off and 

 placed in a sand bed to winter, using bracken 

 fern as a protection in very frosty weather. 



Another method is to insert cuttings thickl) 

 over a pan at the present time and place them 

 in a frame till struck, then cut back as in the 

 previous method. Suitable soil for this family 

 is a mixture of sand and loam, with a prepon- 

 derance of coarse leaves. 



Aubrietia is another family that can be dealt 

 with in a general way. They include many 



