82 



IRISH GARDENING 



layan species. It is fairly conin-'on in gardens, 

 and g-enerally admired. It is one of the earliest 

 to open its flowers, which are pure white, 

 densely produced on spikes which vary rrom 

 five to eight feet 

 in height, the 

 upper two feet 

 or so being- 

 covered with 

 flowers. .As ir. 

 all the species, 

 the strap-shaped 

 leaves are en- 

 tire 1 >' b a s a 1 . 

 reaching a fool 

 or fifteen inches 

 in length. K x 

 Him-rob. is a 

 very handsome 

 hybrid between 

 E. himalaicus 

 and E. robustus. 

 It is a strong 

 grower, produc- 

 ing spikes some 

 eight feet high 

 and bearing 

 hundreds of 

 charming blush- 

 pink flowers. 



H. Kaufmanni 

 is a Turkestan 

 species of 

 medium growth, 

 bearing narrow 

 leaves and spikes 

 ot rather dull 

 browiiish-3ellow 

 flowers. It is 

 not a showy 

 plant for garden 

 purposes. 



E. Olg;e, also 

 from Turkestan, 

 is an allracli\e 



species, producing long spikes of pink-tinted 

 flowers from a rosette of narrow, rather 

 glaucous leaves. 



E. robustus (Hot. Mag. 6726), from Turkestan, 

 is generally looked upon as one of the finest in 

 the whole genus. It was first discovered by 

 Semenow in the .Vlatau mountains, and subse- 

 quently b)- other travellers al various altitudes 



liKI.MlKls i:i.\VICSl.\.NC;. .M.Uls. 



in Turkestan. It flowered first at Moscow in 

 1S71, and two years after with the late Max 

 Leichtlin at Carlsruhe. It also flow ered early 

 with the late .Mr. Gumbleton in his celebrated 



garden at Bel- 

 grove, Co. Cork. 

 The soft pink 

 flowers are pro- 

 duced in massive 

 spikes, attaining 

 in good seasons 

 a height of ten 

 feel. I'-, robuslus 

 elwesianus, said 

 to be .■! seedling' 

 from the type, 

 is even more 

 robi;st, be.iiing 

 deeper - coloured 

 flowers in huge 

 spikes. It is pro- 

 bably the finest 

 Eremurus in cul- 

 tivation. 



I'^ rob. elwe- 

 sianus albus does 

 credit to a some- 

 w lial unwieldy 

 name. It is a 

 s u r p a s s i n g I y 

 beautiful variety, 

 with pure white 

 flowers In superb 

 spikes. \\'li_\- it 

 slioukl be desig- 

 nated a white 

 lorni ol elwe- 

 sianus is not 

 altogether clear, 

 as It might 

 equalK well be 

 a white variety 

 of Iv. robustus. 



!•;. spectabilis 

 (Hot. Mag. 4870) 

 is a native ot .Asia Minor, &c. It is a fairly 

 dwarf species, the spikes reaching a height of 

 three or four feet, bearing sulphur-yellow 

 flowers. The leaves are of medium width, 

 about IweUe inches to fifteen inches long. 



!■".. X .Shelford is a handsome hybrid between 

 E. Bungei and E. Olga>. The spikes, which 

 reach a heiijlu o( six feet or se\en feet, are 



