IRISH GARDENING 



VOLUME VIII. 



No. 90 



Edited by C- F. Ball. 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE 



ADVANCEMENT OF HORTICULTURE AND 



ARBORICULTURE IN IRELAND 



AUGUST 

 '9'3 



Chinese Plants at Aldenhairu 



LIB 

 NEW 



By the Hon. Vicary Gibbs. 



We have several plants of a Piptanthus, which, 

 as far as I can judge, is identical with the well- 

 known Piptanthus nepalensis, or false Laburnum. 

 The seeds, however, were collected at a great 

 altitude, with the result that instead of requiring 

 the protection 

 of a wall, the 

 newcomer has 

 passed un- 

 scathed as a 

 bush through 

 the last two 

 winters in low, 

 open ground 

 near water. 

 Populus lasio- 

 carpa gives 

 every promise 

 of making a 

 highly orna- 

 mental tree. 

 Though m y 

 specimen is at 

 present only 

 about 8 feet 

 high, its enor- 

 mous leaves, 

 with red mid- 

 riband petiole, 

 produce a fine 

 effect. It is a 

 strong grower, 



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young state, and appear to be absolutely hardy. 

 Mr. Wilson has sent over a great many wild 

 Rose seeds, and most of them have germinated 

 here ; several are of the sericea type, and not all 

 of them have vet flowered ; of those which have, 



none are equal 



Spiraea Hexkyi i\ t vase. 

 A new free-flowering Chinese shrub, producing white flowers 

 towards the end of June. 



to Rosa Moy- 

 esii,. which was 

 put o n the 

 market by 



Messrs. Veitch. 

 This is really 

 magnificent, a 

 free upright 

 grower, with 

 delicate foliage 

 and dark red 

 flowers with 

 velvety petals 

 and showy 

 goldencentres; 

 the fruits are 

 long, large, and 

 bright orange - 

 red in colour. 

 Bub us Veitchii 

 is one of the 

 best, with 

 deeply cut.ele- 

 gant foliage, 

 rosy- p u r p 1 e 

 flowers and red 



and is said to like a damp situation; unlike other 

 poplars, it is very difficult to propagate from 

 cuttings. 



We have growing here two new Potentillas, at 

 present unnamed — one with white and the other 

 buttercup-yellow flowers ; they are not very 

 distinct from those already in cultivation, but 

 are, I think, superior in size and brilliance of 

 bloom. They flower very freely in quite a 



fruits, the stems being pubescent in winter. 

 B. Giraldianus has stems 8 to 10 feet high, of 

 which the white colour produces a very orna- 

 mental effect in winter ; it increases very freely 

 by suckers, and to my mind is the best of the 

 white-stemmed brambles. B. lasiosiylus dizygos 

 is about the strongest grower of any, having 

 stems quite 10 feet high ; they are closely set 

 with short spines, and are of a pinkish plum 



