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IRISH GARDENING 



sown seeds. There is also a pure white The tall varieties are the more elegant and give 



variety. better returns than the dwarf sorts. Carmine, 



Some of the annual Coreopsis are worth a scarlet, violet and white are the principal 



trial, the fine golden yellow and dark crimson- colours, and very beautiful they are when a 



maroon flowers are so effective. They are group of fix or eight plants are in full flower. 



better of protection in winter however. A very early flowering dwarf annual is 



Eschscholtzia ealifornica. a showy annual, will Limnanthes Douglasii, which often sows itself 



sometimes sow itself and come up in spring, and flowers freely very early in spring. It may 



be sown in the 



i]) m spring, 

 making a fine 

 show through 

 the summer. 

 There are nu- 

 merous varie- 

 ties now on 

 offer, but per- 

 haps the best 

 for all purposes 

 is Mandai in a 

 fine deep or- 

 ange colour. 

 Godetias are 

 excellent for 

 autumn sow- 

 ing, and form 

 h a n d s o m e 

 bushes the fol- 

 lowing sum 

 mer. flowering 

 for months. 

 Some of the 

 best varieties 

 areBridesmaid, 

 white with rose 

 blotches; Scha- 

 mini fl. pi., an 

 elegant double 

 bright rose 

 variety, of 

 great value for 

 cutting; Duch- 

 ess of Albany. 

 large whit e 

 Mowers ; Lady 

 A 1 1) e in a r 1 e 

 bright crimson: 



Marchioness of Salisbury, rose crimson with 

 white margins; and Sunset, a most delightful 

 glowing c, imson of rare effect. 



The Clarkias, too, cannol be omitted, their 

 light elegant spikes of charmingly tinted 

 flowers being effective either cut or in a group. 

 The various varieties of C. elegans are about 

 the best, and give a fine range of colour. C. 

 Carmine Queen. Chamois Queen, Vesuvius, an 

 orange scarlet Salmon Queen and Pure White 

 are about the cream. 



The annual Larkspurs, too. are indispensable, 

 and lend themselves to very effective use in the 

 garden as well as being admirable for cutting. 



Bv kii 



Candytuft 

 (1 permission of 



autumn in the 

 open w i t li 

 safety, and will 

 cover itself 

 with pale yel- 

 low (lowers 

 early in the 

 year. 



Another eq- 

 ually hardy is 

 the 'little "Vio- 

 let Cress," 

 which sows 

 itself f r e e 1 y 

 and flowers as 

 soon as the sun 

 begins to get 

 warm in ver\ 

 early spring. 

 Jt is useful as a 

 carpet for Cro- 

 cuses and other 

 early flowering 

 bulbs, growing 

 scarcely more 

 than an inch 

 in height and 

 bearingnumer- 

 ous pale violet 

 flowers. 



One could 

 gO OB to some 



length suggesl 

 ing many other 

 Sorts which 



would doubt 

 less succeed in many places, but, as stated 

 earlier, something must be left to the ii;<li\ [dual. 

 Other kinds for instance, which frequently 

 do well are Nigella Miss Jekyll, a fine variety of 

 '" Love-in-a -Mist." Poppies too, both the tall 



and the Shirley varieties, often do well sown 

 where they may flower, as they are bad trans- 

 planters. The dwaif Soapwort Saponaria 



calabrica is a pretty rosy pink annual flowering 

 early. Silene compacta is also early and 

 flonferous, while the most popular annual of all 

 the Sweet Pea. will no doubt receive atten- 

 tion as to autumn sowing from the pen of a 

 specialist. B. 



White 

 Sir Jan 



Rocket. 

 es W. Ma, 



key. Ltd. 



