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IRISH GARDENING 



A N>w Book.* 



Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the 

 British Isles. 



WllKN W.- think nt (h,. rlK.IIunUS rUinilMT .lUil 11,^ 



v.-nii'd r.tnus of tlu- u.-w plants t'.iat hnvi- I i 



iiilnxluc.'d into th.- liiitisli Isles tluiin,' thr (M-I 

 seventy or ei^'hty vi'ai's. iiioi-e es|)erially since t lie 

 beginning of t lie in-esentcen1iii\ . and w h.'n \\<' 

 renieniber llie great and r.i]ii(il\ iuiica-<iu ,' 

 interest taken liy so many iieople in heaul il'v iiej; 

 t lu'ir gronnds and gardens, it does ikmImiis --r.ni 

 strange that there was no eoniprelieii-ivc ami 

 autlioritative Look availat.'e in the Muuli-li 

 language, giving a plain and simple di'sctipt ion 

 of those trees 

 and shrubs 

 that are suit- 

 able to our 

 climate. .Mr. 

 lieauhas now 

 sui>iilied that 

 great want. 

 and lis wmk. 

 w h i e h is 

 nanied at the 

 liead of this 

 shcn-t article, 

 and which 

 has just been 

 1» u b 1 is hed. 

 will be cordi- 

 al 1 y w e I - 

 corned with 

 sincere satis- 

 faction and 

 ai)]>reciation 

 l)y the many 

 who devote 

 tlieir leisure 

 to horticultu- 

 ral I'ursuits. 

 Mr. Beans 

 ])osition at 

 the Eoyal 

 Gardens , 

 Kew, where 

 he superin- 

 tends and has done so nuicli for tlic nuigni- 

 ficent collection of hardy trees and shruljs 

 which are cultivated there, his great experi- 

 ence in ])ractieal gaideuing. and his accurate 

 and scientific knowledge, give the book an 

 authoritative character, and make it a most 

 valuable work on the interesting suV)ject with 

 which he deals. His book in short, written by a 

 master hand, is indispensable to all growers of 

 trees and shnibs ; and even to those who, not 

 having sufficient si)ace, confine their o])erations 

 to the cultivation of the smaller woody plants, it 

 will i)rove most Avorthy of their best attention. 



The work is formed of two parts. The first 

 X^art of about 100 pages, divided into twenty- 

 seven short chapters, deals not only with the 

 gardener's practical work, and contains full and 



useful Inst I 

 ITopagation 



ctioiis on planting. < i-ansplanling, 

 pruning. an<l on tlu^ cai'e and 

 pieservation of trees and shr-ubs, but it also givt'S 

 \irv valuable information of another sort. 

 I'lants are sought after lor the beauty of their 

 leaf, of theii- floweis. fiiilt , balk, autumn colouring, 

 for the season of the year in which they (lower, 

 iVc. : in some jMits of a. garden evergreens ai'e 

 w anted, in ot lici-, rlimlicis : t hen penduUius trees, 

 or those with an erect habit in the form of a 



<olumii 

 shrubs 

 positioi 

 tiolLS 1, 



.ft( 



grow 



lit: 



mus' also 

 .'uahh' hi 

 his uardc 

 •whi.h he 

 V plants \ 



I re(|iiired 

 d: the .,, 

 enter into 

 U to select 

 L. and lh<-i 

 cannot ne-lect 

 [•em; 



hich 



White Buoo.vi at Kxapton, Abbeyleix. 



the 

 The 

 enu 



lUl 



irt 



son 



A-d am 

 very coniprel.en 

 containing neai 

 suflliciently dele 

 live in the avera 

 it are iiicluded 



and again, dwarf 

 est ion of soil and 

 I, gardener's calcula- 

 th(^ iilanls (hat will 

 l.roper grou|)ing is 

 LLsts are given 

 rkable for manv 

 ..f these 



special <(uali- 

 ties alluded 

 (o: and all 

 I Im- points 

 just m.Ti- 

 tioned are 

 clearlv and 

 fullv "treated 

 by Mr. Mean 

 in a way 

 which nuikes 

 it easy for a 

 lover of 

 Xature to 

 ])lant so that 

 iu' may ho]ie 

 to reaiise.the 

 et^Eect lie 

 wishes to 

 ]»roduce. 



The second 

 part of the 

 work is a 

 d e s criptive 

 list of Genera 

 and Species, 

 arranged in 

 a 1 ]) habetical 

 t)rder. and 

 con t a i n s 

 nearly 1,:5(I0 

 ])agcs. It is 

 pecial interest . 

 ami varieties 

 list given is 

 ete. 



he work, and isol 



1- l,r)0() specibs 



described. Th 



ivo and is ])ractically com] 

 ly all the trees and slirubs. 

 rmiiu'd n])-to-date, that would 

 .Ce clinuite of our islands ; and in 



the more recent introductions 



* " Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British 

 Isles." By W. J. Bean, Assistant Curator, Eoyal 

 Botanic Gardens, Kew. Two Volumes. Piib- 

 lished bv John Murrav, Albemarle Street, 

 Loudon. ■ 1914. £2 2s. net. 



niade by Mr. Wilson from (*entral and Western 

 (*hina. which have been identified. Generally 

 s))eaking, little is as yet known of tliese latter 

 plants except by those who have had occasion 

 to get some of them ; and even they have scarcely 

 seen their flower or know much of their full value, 

 except in a few instances. Mr. Bean has therefore 

 rendered us a real service by giving us full 

 information of these rare species not to be found 

 elsewhere ; and as his book circulates and is read, 

 so will the desire increase to enrich our gardens 

 with the many beautiful plants which have been 

 brought to us' from China. The descriptions are 

 easily to be understood even by those who have 

 had nf) scientific training and whose knowledge of 



