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IRISH GARDENING 



Other barren t;-enera are Anemone (few nl llieni 

 like m\ soil), Phlox, Saponaria, Thalictinm. 



On the other hand, my most abundant and 

 persistent weeds inckide Ae;ena of several 

 species ; AUimii neapolitanum, Epilobiuni 

 (several of the tin> New Zealand species) ; 

 lirinus alpinus, Linaria alpina. Fhyteuma spp. ; 

 Saxifraga (mossies in variety) ; Sedum glaucum, 

 S. Telephium and S. Maximowiczii ; Thymus 

 Serpyllum, Tunica Saxifraga. 



Among the plants which sow themselves 

 chiefly near the parent, and thus form colonies, 

 are Androsace Leichtlini, Arabis rosea, Arenaria 

 \erna, Asperula cynanchica, Calamintha alpina. 

 Campanula alpina, C barbata, C. longistyla, 

 Corydalis capnoides, C cheilanthifolia, C. 

 ophiocarpa Cuphea strigullosa, Dianthus car- 

 thusianoriim, Erigeron philadelphicus, I'-, 

 mucronatus, Gerbera Kunzeana, I^inaria anti- 

 caria, Potentilla atrosanguinea, Pulmonaria 

 ridira. Ranunculus graminifolius, Sagina Linn;ti, 

 Saxifraga Geum, Scabiosa alpina, Silene 

 Monachorum, S. Schafta, S. compacta, S. 

 flavescens, Sisyrinchium angustifolium, S. cali- 

 lornicum, Telephium Iniperati, \'iola Munbyana. 



Other species — and as a whole they are not, 

 as will be seen, plants with seeds which are 

 lighter or in other ways prone to wider dis- 

 persal than those of the preceding list — appear 

 here and there over a comparatively wide area, 

 and explore by degrees the whole garden. 

 .'Vmong these are .\juga pyramidalis, Armeria 

 spp., Erythrxa Massoni, Cieranium anemon;e- 

 folium, G. ibericum, Hieracium spp., Hvpericum 

 fragile, il. orientale, Papaver rupifragum, -Saxi- 

 fraga .\izoon ''tirs. S. lotiuidifolia, \'eronica 

 Bidwilli. 



It is interesting to note that certain garden 

 " varieties," which are in many cases mere 

 sports, have come true from self-sown seed. 

 Among these may be mentioned Arabis albida 

 pumila, Dianthus deltoides albus. Geranium 

 macrorrhizum variegatum, Potentilla fruticosa 

 Kricdrichseni, Ruta graveolens variegata, 

 .Sagina pililer.i .lure.a, Saxifraga muscoides 

 alropiu-purea and Rhei, Sedum spuritnn 

 splendens, 'I'hynuis citriodorus argenteus. 



Lastly, a word as to hybrids or varieties 

 which have appeared spontaneousl\ . Of the 

 puzzling genus .\rmeria (now Statice) or Sea- 

 pink 1 have had at various times, 1 suppose, 

 a dozen species differing mainly as regards 

 the breadth of the leaf and the height of the 

 flower stem. The\- are nuisll\- shoit-ll\ ed 



plants, and as the old ones have died seedlings 

 have sprung up here and there to take their 

 place. These represent almost every gradation 

 from one end of the series to the other, and it 

 is not possible now to put upon them the names 

 (mostly inaccurate) under which the parent 

 plants were received from various nurseries. 

 The mossy Saxifragas have, of course, crossed 

 endlessly ; among the more interesting natural 

 seedlings area gc>od Rhei superba alba, and an 

 excellent dwarf-red near Miss Stormonth. .A 

 few years ago I brought Sedum maximum, with 

 greenish-yellow flowers, from the shores ot the 

 Baltic near Dantzig-. This has crossed with 

 forms of S. Telephium, giving tall plants with 

 flowers of varying shades of pink and greenish- 

 pink, some of them very eft'ectixe. 



Among the more interesting plants not 

 mentioned above \\ liich have given me self- 

 sown seedlings are : — 



-Kthionema, 3 spp. 

 .■\cantliolimon glumaceinii 

 ,\iitirrhir.uiji s^lutiiiosum 

 .\K-luMiiillii alpitKi 

 -Vrenaria montana 

 .\rabis aiibrietioides 

 Carex Pseudo-cyperus 

 Campanula bononiensis 

 ChL'iranthiis .Allioni 

 Codonopsis ovata 

 Colobanthus acicularis 

 Draba lasiocarpa 

 Eroiliuin daucoides 

 liymenodes 



,. i\hinesca\i 



,, Irichoinana-'foliiini 



,, Semonovii 

 l''r\"^iimiiii Kotscliv.'lliiim 



., pulcliL'IIuni 



( i or .'I n i u 111 argentinirn 

 .sessilifloriiin 

 Ileum eorcineum 

 (IKtbularia trichosaiitlia 



W'illUomiiiii 

 1 leli.'inl lu'niutii p^ilif oliutn 



,, viiu-.ik' 



Ilelleborus corsicu,s 

 I lormiiiuni p)'reiiaicuTii 

 llutehinsia alpina 

 I^^■t^or■irunl Coris 



kotsch\annni 

 oI\'inpiruni 

 l.avaiulula spp. 

 I-iberlia ixioides 

 Linnni ;instriacuni 



I.inuin tlaviun 



u,Hrbonense 

 perenne 

 Muronieria Piperella 

 Ononis rotundifolia 

 O I) o s m a s t e 11 n 1 a t u m 



Bourga-i 

 Oxalis valdiviana 

 I'olenioninm reptans 

 P o 1 y _sf o n u m Brunonis 

 ,, sphreroslaeliymu 



I'olonlilla villosa 

 Pr'ninil.'i elatior 



IVondosa 

 ,, japonica 

 ,, sikkimensis 

 ., Witcliii 

 i\( sotla g-lauca 

 Ronianzortia sitchcnsis 

 .Saturej.a pygmaja 

 .Saxifraga ciineiiolia 

 crosa 

 I'orbesii 

 Irifurcata 

 Wallace! 

 Sitluni Cepa»a 

 ,, ti.HsypIiylluni 

 ,, multioeps 

 •SiliMie alpe.stris 



inulticaulis 

 ., pusilla 

 Siatiii' bellidifolia 



iH-cidentalis 

 W'.iliU'nlHMgi.H spp. 



I liave omitted ll.e names of fifty or more 

 other species which seed in most gardens where 

 they grow, and on that accoiml need not be 



nienl ionei.1 here. 



