IRISH GARDENING 



Cypripcdium spectabilc in Co. 

 Kildare. 



Bv Frkdi'.rilk HriiFOKii. 



Tlllv Mocassin flower of llic Noilhoni 

 States of America is one of the most 

 lieautiful of iiardy Orcliicis. It g-rows 

 fifteen inches to two feet iiiyh, and flowers in 

 summer with one or two flowers on each stem. 

 Nurserymen catalogue it at the reasonable 

 price of eig'hteen pence per plant. The sepals 

 and petals are white, while the larg'e inflated 

 pouch i.s'a rich rose colour. In all gardens it isnot 



small, so as to get as much as possible of the 

 bed into the photo. There are now about sixty 

 clumps of roots, and these presented a perfect 

 picture in June, when they carried over five 

 hundred flowers. 



I'rom m_\- experience 1 should sav that Cypri- 

 pedium speclabile can be safely transplanted 

 from the beginning of October to March. Choose 

 a line day when the soil is in a nice, friable con- 

 dition, and replant about four inches deep, 

 taking care that the fleshy roots do not remain 

 too long exposed to cold winds, as they are 

 liable to shrivel, and make tlie soil moderately 

 firm when planting. 



CvPUlHl;iin'M SPECTAHU.Ii 

 III Co. Kildare. 



always a success, so it may be helpful if I relate 

 the Jiistory of the bed figured in the photograph. 

 About twenty years ago three or five imported 

 pieces were purchased from a saleroom. These 

 were planted on a north border in a compost of 

 leaf-mould and peat ; here their roots were kept 

 cool and moist ail through the hot weather, 

 giving the conditions they reciuire, consequently 

 they grew and increased freely. Twelve years 

 ago when the Hon. Mrs. Barton removed from 

 Straflfan she took half of the stock with her. 

 This reduced me to a tlozon tufts, so we had to 

 try and increase it again by division. How far 

 we have been successfid, readers mav see by 

 the photograph taken last June by my foreman, 

 William W'illcocks. The flowers are shown 



Two New H.\kdv Suki'bs i-or CiKowi.sG 

 UNDER Trees. 



Sarcococca RisciKOLiA received an award of merit 

 at the R. H. S. Show in Decemlier, igoi?, and the 

 Coonibe Wood Nursery has proved that it thrives under 

 the shade of trees. It is a dense bush about two feet 

 higfh Willi leaves like the Butcher's Broom, but larjfcr, 

 and of a shiny green. The flowers are rather small, 

 not showy, but fragrant. S. humilis is of still smaller 

 stature, growing' only one to one and a half feet high, 

 of the same nature as the former, but the leaves are 

 narrowly ovate with strong marginal nerves. The 

 white flowers are very fragrant and produced in spring, 

 followed by roundish black berries. This shrub can 

 also be recommended for the rockery. Hoth come from 

 China. S. hookeriana is an older form worth growing 

 for its glossy foliage which is conspicuous in the winter 

 months. 



