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TRISH GARDENING 



OCTOBER 



had a plant or two oi' the vaiio^'-atoi.l purple 

 sag-e which we put on the wall simply to j^-^et 

 them out of the way ; the followini,-- winter was 

 a very hard one, and every plant o( this saj^e in 

 the heds was killed ; those on the wall alone 

 survived. 



Next, as rei,^ards a iierbaeeous l-iortler, quite 

 fair results can be achieved in this direction in 

 town. All the following- plants can be relied on 

 to bloom quite satisfactorily: — The various 

 kinds of poppies. Michaelmas daisies, herba- 

 ceous j^eraniums, heleniums, helianthemums, 

 veronicas, inulas, thalictrums, campanulas, 

 carnations, out-of-door chrwsanthemunis, an- 



//(>//, but as a rule tiiere is not much room for 

 them ; one or two may. however, be introduced ; 

 tlieir dark t'oliai^e is j^ood all the year round, 

 ani.1 the tlowers in ^i">rini;' make an attractive 

 toucii ol colour. We 1i:k1 upwards of sexenty 

 blooms this war on one com]-iarali\ely small 

 plant. Daphne Mezerium diies well in town ; we 

 had a \er\ line s]-iecimen here, which, unfortu- 

 nately, was destroyed by the snow a few winters 

 ag-o. Choisya Ternata thrives in town, and the 

 small Philadelphuses are wreathed with bloom in 

 summer. The common white lilac blooms well, 

 hut we have never flowered the newer varietie.s. 

 The following- shrubs can be gn^w ii with 



Section of Rock GARnKX, Alexandra ("oi.lf.ge. 



chusas, pyrethrums — including- Ulig-inosum — 

 irises, aconitums, erig^erons and funkias, if the 

 latter can be protected from the ravag-es of 

 snails, which are a special plag-ue in town 

 gardens. Delphiniums here only do moderately 

 well ; they flower, but rather poorly. 



Plants to be eschewed are roses. The results 

 achieved in Stephen's Green with certain roses 

 may seem to contradict this. There is, however, 

 much more open space in Stephen's Green than 

 in most town gardens, and the ordinary town 

 gardener will do well to leave roses severely 

 alone, and also violets and anemones. We have 

 flowered and grown some anemones here such 

 as Baikalense, Sylvestris, Narcissiflora, but they 

 are not to be recommended. Rhododendrons 

 do extremely well in town gardens if they are 

 properly planted in peat, which is a si'/ie qua 



success against the walls : — Azara Microphylla, 

 Aristolochia Sipho (for arches), Buddleia vari- 

 ablus. Clematis montana (almost too rampant). 

 Clematis Jackmanni (for arches), Cistus ladani- 

 ferus, Ceanothus Veitchianus, Cydonia japonica 

 (all varieties), Crataegus pyracantha (for north 

 aspect), Escallonias, Jasminum nudiflorum (and 

 all the hardy jasmines), Kerria japonica, Pip- 

 tanthus nepalensis, Prunus sinensis rosea 

 plena, Rubus deliciosus. Spiraea ari?efolia, Vitis 

 Henryana. 



With regard to bulbs, they do admirably for 

 the first year, but daffodils and tulips, instead 

 of increasing, tend to diminish and to deterio- 

 rate. We find it necessary to take up all tulips 

 every year ; if left in the ground the bulbs be- 

 come riddled with small holes, which, of course, 

 kill them. We have grown in the rock garden 



