IRISH GARDENING 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE 



ADVANCEMENT OF HORTICULTURE AND 



ARBORICULTURE IN IRELAND 



FEBRUARY 

 i9'5 



Globe Flowers 



Trollius. 



fc(>T.-,::s 



For many years one or two species of Trollius 

 have been known to and appreciated by lovers 

 of hardy plants. It is only within recent years, 

 however, that the Globe Flowers have really 

 come into their own, so to speak. This is due 

 to the ever-increasing love of outdoor gardening 

 and the conse- 

 quent b e 1 1 e I' 

 u n d erstanding 

 of the needs of 

 hardy plants. 

 Moisture, s o 

 essential in 

 varying degrees 

 to all plants, is 

 of the utmost 

 importance to 

 Trolliuses ; in 

 fact they revel 

 in a moist wet 

 soil at all times. 

 This assertion is 

 borne out 1)\' 

 the illustration 

 a c c ompanying 

 these notes, 

 w h i c h sho\\s 

 masses of (!lob(' 

 Flowers flower- 

 ing in the bog 

 garden in the 

 Botanic (lar- 



dens at Glasnevin. In this position they ai-e 

 saturated for a long period in autumn and 

 winter, and always moist and cool in s])ring 

 ami summer, withal fully exposed to siuishinc. 



Much of the beauty of nuxlern varieties is due 

 to seedling-raising and subsequent selection. 

 Whethei- some of the line giant vaiieties are 

 seedlings of one species or hyhiids is ditlicult 

 to say. The similarity in shape of Hower ami 



GloBF-; Fj.OWEUS in the EoG G.VUUEN at (rL.\S.\EVI\. 



leaf of the older species makes it difficult to 

 discern a hybrid, but in any case for garden 

 purposes most of the named varieties are 

 superior to the older species. In these new 

 kinds greater vigour, larger flowers and more 

 intense colour have been obtained without any 



sac r^i^'f ice of 

 original charm. 

 One of the 

 m o s t prolific 

 raisers of new 

 and improved 

 varieties has 

 been the ve- 

 teran Mr. 

 Thomas Smith, 

 of Newi-}', from 

 whose nurseries 

 so manj' other 

 a c q u i s i t i ons 

 have emanated. 

 Many of the 

 tine sorts men- 

 tionetl below 

 weie raised by 

 liim at Daisv 

 Hill. 



In common 

 with o t h e r 

 nuMuhers of the 

 R a n u n c u 1 u s 

 f a m i 1 y t h e 

 sei)als are the ornamental part of the (ilobe 

 Hower ; the ])etals. although often highly 

 colouretl, are very small and narrow, standing 

 as a rule erect within the sepals. As 

 most ])lant loveis sooner or later hark back 

 to the species, even if it be only for com- 

 l)aiison. it may be useful to mention briefly 

 the better known ones as found in gar- 

 dens. 



