2 IRISH GARDENING 



liy licavy crops ol' brllliantlv-coUnu-ed iVuils, and bul the K'-ouiul under tlioni was also red with 



siicli there are. l-'lowerinj;- trees and slirubs are the fallen truils. 



a special feature in American sjardenin;;— a 'Hiis alnnulanl crop of brig:htly-coloured 



marked and deli-hlful one. Lilacs, Viburnnni, fruits Imth in wild and in cultivated plants was 



Cratxgus, rruniis, I'yrns, Spir.ia, .Azalea, Her- one o[ the most striking: features in autumn 



beris, Cornus are some of the o;enera largely elTecls. What the spring effect of these shrubs 



used for garden and for park effect, generall)- anil trees w.is when they were covered with 



planted in fnie bold masses. These plants are llouer can be inferred from the crop of fruit. 



Ckai.kgus gem.mos.\ 



l-'Iowcring in Gcncsce Valley P.irlv, Roclicster, U.S..'\. 

 (By /ermission of " Gtirtteiii'rs' Clironich.") 



covereil with llowers in springtime, ;uul in .am.! is to some extent shown in the illustrations, 



autumn the lirilliaiU fruits oi' Pyrus, t'rat.egus, \\"e have, however, our compensations for the 



Prunus and \'iburnuni adtl to the etVect o( the absence o( some of tiiese glories in our fresh 



foliage. Such pl.mts as Prunus hortulana, but subdued winter effects. The warmth and 



Pyrus Sargenti, Crat;\;gus Ilolmesiana, C. b;i- cheering effects ol our masses of broad-leaved 



wangeriana, and other large red-fruited tiiorns, evergreens arc unknown. Most of the ever- 



and many of the Berberis, are even more brilliant greens we know .ire not hardy in the Eastern 



in fruit tiian in flower. Not only were the plants States. There the Holly, Ivy, Laurel. Ever- 



of some of these large-fruited thorns quite red green |Oak, most of the Rhododendrons, the 



