IRISH GARDENING 



Fast-growing Evergreen Hedges. 



One cannot fail to be struck by the beauty of a 

 hedge conqjosed of Cupressus macrocarpa. 

 When clii)|)ed it forms what can only be 

 described as dense smooth walls of a vivid green 

 not found in 

 any other ever- 

 green hedge 

 plant, and it 

 grows at incred- 

 ible speed. The 

 writer observed 

 an average of 

 over one foot of 

 new growth dur- 

 ing the avitunm 

 months of 1914. 

 Few, if any , hedge 

 plants show so 

 little sign of hav- 

 ing been clipped, 

 and, as speedily 

 formed hedges 

 are so mu ch 

 sought, it is a 

 pity that this 

 shrub is not 

 more generally 

 known for orna- 

 naental hedge 

 puri:)oses, thovigh 

 its pro]jerties as 

 a seaside shrub 

 are fairly well re- 

 cognised. It ha-^ 

 many uses. A 

 large number of 

 fine specimens 

 grown singly 

 may be seen ne.-ir 

 the Zoological 

 Gardens in the 

 Phoenix Paik, 

 and the writer 

 saw it growing on 

 the sand d\in('s 

 of the Brittany 

 coast, where, 

 bending to the 

 wind froni the I 

 English Channel, 

 it survives. 



In a young 

 state Cu])ressus 

 macrocari)amust 

 always be grown 

 in pots or trans- 

 planted twice 

 annually in order 

 to move well. 

 Planted at eigh- 

 teen inches a])art 

 hedge. 



Clcntarf. 



it raj)idly forms 



dense 



Solanum Anthroi)o])hagon is not a potato, it is 

 a tomato. I believe there is only one Solanum 

 that bears potatoes, S. tuberosum. There is 

 another of the family very near S. tuberosum, but 

 it does not produce edible tubers, and so is called 

 S. etuberosum. 



Among the 

 specilir names 

 iiu'iitioncd bythe 

 Caiiou, prateuse 

 means of the 

 meadow, not of 

 the garden. 

 Montana means 

 a mountain 

 l)lant wherever 

 found, not 

 U.S.A. Alpina 

 does not mean 

 from the Alps, 

 as we generally 

 uiiilcrstand the 

 word, but from 

 alpine covintry 

 all over the 

 world. 



That ends my 

 criticism, but I 

 may thank the 

 Canon for his 

 ])aper, and hoi)e 

 it may induce 

 many others to 

 s t u d y plant 

 names. Few 

 know how much 

 interest they 

 may add to 

 their garden if 

 they know the 

 meaning of the 

 names. I will 

 give two instan- 

 ces of nanaes 

 of plants that 

 can, perhaps 

 even now, be 

 seen in flower at 

 (xlasnevin. An 

 old plant that 

 used to be called 

 IMuiubago Lar- 

 lu'utie is now 

 called Cerar- 

 tostigma — i.e., 

 h(ii'ii(>d stigma — • 

 and so it draws 

 attention to the 

 unu.sual form of 

 the stigma with 

 dark horns up 

 both sides of 

 n other flowers. 



nd 



.1. M. W. 



Correspondence. 



To Till'; l<:oiT()i; ol' li;isll (iAHI)KNlN(i. 



I HOPE Canon Hayes will pardon me if I note a 

 few snxall inaccuracies in his pleasant ])a]ior on 

 itlant names. 



it, such as are not 

 Another flower has the long name of Caryopteris 

 mast acanthus, a delightful aromatic late autunm 

 shrub. The name has no connection with 

 the Acanthits flower, but means the flower 

 with a moustaclie, and the lower petal of each 

 flower is edged with a pretty little moustache. 

 It is clearly to be seen, and is worth looking 

 at. It. N. E. 



Dec, 8, 1914 



