IRISH OARDKNING 



part donors of tlu» fnp. ami passed imisior at tin- 

 iiMiiuil oflhi' K. H. S.. aiul was adopl.-d. 



Now. I •.liould liko to ask, thai il pi-isoiis likt- to i,m\i' 

 .1 iiip on i-filain ionililioii>. anil ti> di-liiu- a lino whiili 

 iliey wanl ilic i-oinpoiilii'ii to lako. woiilil it not bo 

 abstii'd to ilioss the iud.iros ilown for jiulj^^in}; aooordinjf 

 to iho dotinilion. and wcro 1 oiw of thoso itidji;es I foar 

 ai-lions would bo my reply rallicr than wonls. 



What I havo to say in defonco of my absmil (.oiulnot 

 is that I was ^\rilin^• to a ifiven dotinilion and I was not 

 ilolinin); llio ipiostion myself, for which I am sorry. 



With rog^ard to certain wooily plants, they do not 

 come within the leipiiromonts of the act. 



With reference to Anemone nomorosa, 1 have seen it 

 .It .1 jjreat hoiifht in Norway, l-'or .iiithority sec 

 " Milder ur Nordons " Flora "' Lindham." 



It is, of course, possible for a plant to bi- lowhuul as 

 Will as .Alpine, as every .Alpinest knows. 



We can take (ientiana verna, for instance, which is of 

 course nsod in .Alpine gfardening^. and is truly an .Alpine, 

 yet in Co. Clare it g^rows most rampant only three or 

 four feet from the sea level, in fact in the occasional 

 spray of the sea. 



It is well to remember that in tiu- .\lps almost every 

 condition of life is seen, and that there are .Alpine 

 valleys and bogs as well as mountains. 



.Alyssum saxatile and its varieties may claim to be a 

 plant used in modern .Mpine j^ardeningf. See definition, 

 page i.'9. 



Kvcn Primula rosea is disputed. Why? Surely the 

 vast Alpine bogs should be represented if the donors 

 wish ! The writer also adds, why not include some of 

 the new Tibetian herbaceous plants? .Most certainly, 

 admit them if they comply with the definition of beinj;- 

 diminutive. 



The idea that all Alpine plants to be staged in 12 inch 

 pans would appear somewhat erroneous if some one 

 cropped up with Pinus cembra ! 



As for any twenty being any better than any other 

 twenty. I repeat that the plants named are the easiest 

 to hanille for early exiiihiiioii work, and thorefort- the 

 best. 



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