IRISH GARDENING 



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coloured. peiKltiloiis t'riiils. Ivven aiiuinijsl iho 

 CotoiiLMslcrs lliore is scarcely a species more 

 prolific of I'riiil tliaii lliis. 



Casllewelhm is rich in RlKKloclciulrons. 

 Practically all the be->l liyhriiis have been 

 aikietl lo the collcLtioii from time to time, ami 

 lor many years one tiiousam.1 plants were 

 i^ratleJ each season These, hesiJes proviilini,'' 

 bold ijroups in the main i^ardens, have lonj,' 

 since overllowed into wooilland clearinijs and 

 alonij the hillsides, sloping to the lake, where, 

 in nalmal surroimdinijfs. the plants are seen 

 at their best. 



Such not- 

 able species 

 as K. arbii- 

 remii, Auck 

 landii.barba- 

 tiim, cam- 

 panula t u m, 

 campylocar- 

 pum, h'alcon- 

 eri, fuli,''ens, 

 ni\euni. ami 

 Th o m s on i 

 ha\ e deve- 

 loped into 

 conspicuous 

 specimen s, 

 and can be 

 relied upo:'. 

 to adi.1 'inicli 

 brilliant col- 

 ouring to the 

 garden in the 

 earl\- months 

 o( the year. 



Ot Conifers, Bamboos, wall-plants and 

 climbers a thorougly representative collection 

 is grown, but consideration of space prohibits 

 their enumeration here. In fact, even this 

 brief reference to a selection of the plants 

 grown in the open at Castlewellan to-Jay has 

 already involved a serious encroachment upon 

 the well-filled pages of Irish C;.\ki)i;nin(.;. 



\\'h.ite\er the origin ot tins charming hybrid 

 may be it is one ot the most beautiful meml)crs 

 cif a universally popular family. .\ glance at 

 the accompanying illustration, taken in the 

 garden of Sir luhvard X'erner, Hart., Corko 

 .\bbey, Bray, will give a much better impression 

 of this lovely rose than any written description 

 coidd do. 



riie specimen illustrated was planted in 

 .\pril, lyii, and, as the picture allows, is 

 already flowering freely, and promises to be a 



striking feature in :i few \ears. 



Kub.\ L.tVlG.-\TA 

 III .Sir Edward V 



Rosa 



laevigata 



■vtjr. Anemone. 



THIS be:iutit'ul single rose is, by com- 

 petent authorities, believed to be a hybrid 

 between the Cherokee Rose R. Ixvigata 

 and some form or variety of the Tea Rose. 



The flowers, 

 as stated 

 above, are 

 single, about 

 four inch- 

 es across, 

 and though 

 deeper at 

 first are ul- 

 timately a 

 b e a u t i f u 1 

 silver)' rose 

 colour. The 

 leaves are 

 large, ot a 

 dark, glossy 

 green. re- 

 tained into 

 winter, so 

 that the 

 plant is part- 

 ly evergreen. 

 .An older 

 specimen 

 which used 

 to grow in 

 the gardens at Corke .Abbey made shoots 

 seventeen feet long, and flowered through- 

 out their entire length. .\ rich deep soil and 

 a sunny, sheltered position are necessary to 

 succeed with this beautiful rose. It is not 

 to be recommended for cold localities, and 

 doubtless the mild and equable climate of 

 Bray accounts in some measure for the 

 healthy, happy appearance of the plant illus- 

 trated. There are, no doubt, ir. .nv parts vt 

 Britain and Ireland where ^ . ^ 



position might be found, ami certainly \w 

 lover of plants and flowers would ijrudge a 

 considerable amount of thought and labour 

 if the result were a happy well -flowered 

 specimen. 



■ar. .V.NEMuXE 

 'erner's Garden 



