IRISH GARDENING 



XOI.IMIC \ll. 

 No. Si 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL DEVOrKD TO 1111, 



ADVANCEMENT OF HORTICULTURE AND 



ARBORICULTURE IN IRELAND 



\o\i;mri:k 

 1912 



Shrubs tor the Rock Garden, 



H\ II. .\KMvrAiii-: MoouK. Ca>.llewi-llaii. 



LIBRARY 



H\V YORK 

 •oTanical 



OARUBN 



NO one who has tjiven even cursory con- 

 sideration to rock tjartlon dositjn — as 

 disting-uished Iroiii " rockcMV '" erec- 

 tion -will have failed to realise the impor- 

 tance of the rii^flufid use of the v.ist variety of 



li.iril - w ootlcil 



plants, com- 

 prehensively 

 referred l o 

 as s h r 11 h s. 

 Those w h o 

 have actuallx 

 planned and 

 planted such 

 a yarden will 

 be the liist 

 to recoj,''nise 

 them as indis- 

 pensable, :uid 

 c\cn to slyU 

 1 h e m I h c 

 sheet - anchor 

 on which to 

 build. l-'or, 

 f r o m t h e 

 backi^round, 

 on the his^'hest 

 point of some 

 bold rock-face 



where Fine, t'islLis, or Genista may well 

 be placed, down to the nearest foreifroimd 

 with Cotoneaster adpressa clintj-ing- to some 

 .surface stone, an invaluable array of shrubby 

 plants are at oiu- disposal. Whether for 

 ^2 flower, fruit, or t'oliatife the choice is wide, 

 O and even the most fastidious taste will find 

 full scope for bold associations and delicate 

 contrasts in all positions, from sun to shade, 

 and tVom the open bot^-bed to beneath the drip 



In thi I\"CK Gar 



Sliowing Ti;irel);i curdifolia, D;ipticif t'liL-i-ru 



o\' trees. Many a ilry b.ink can be treated as 

 etTectively as the rich border of loam, and the 

 wilil seedliui^ will often show how the barren 

 crevice may be unexpectedly atlorned. There 

 is as appropriate use for the plant of ri^id 



i^rowth .and 

 lormal outline 

 a s f o r the 

 jjraceful and 

 f r e e - Si' r o w - 

 inij ; for these 

 of sombre 

 sjreenery as 

 tor those lisiht 

 .and feathery 

 o\' tlow er. 



In toliatje 

 alone an al- 

 most endless 

 rang^e of col- 

 our is avail- 

 able, from 

 gold to siUer, 

 and through 

 every shade of 

 green and 

 grey to the 

 brilliant tints 

 of Maple and 

 Azalea. Hut in llower the field is wider still, 

 enabling the enthusiast, if so minded, to com- 

 plete a good garden from shrubland alone. \'el 

 the inexperienced may well receive a timely 

 warning before making entry into so vast a 

 kingdom, and by a hurried selection attempting 

 to solve what can only be described as a diffi- 

 cult problem. It is well to remember that the 

 appropriate use of shrubs is but seldom highly 

 developed oven in the pleasure ground, where 



DKN XV Row A 1.1 \\1 



Ilicri'; SnowH.ilic. anti Anbiictia I.aventier. 



