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iKisii (;aim)i:m.\(^ 



Orchids at Glasiit 



vin. 



In t\\o K..ya) Botjuiir (lanl.-ps. (ilnsncvip, a vi-ry 

 roiMprclu-iisivt' rulI.Ttiop of On-hitlH ha« lum,' Ih>i'H 

 n pnmiin.'Pt f.atiin- <<f tin- «ar«l<-iis. ami many <>f 



thi" llp«' liyliri»ls and variclii-s which have \ p 



linultiifil hy varintis raini-rn an- iii<lu<l.Ml and 

 iimki- thi- ..r«lii«l h.Mis4- at all tinn-H int«'rfst.ir)« niul 

 iH-antifi'l. A»».ut thr mi. 1. 11.- of |)..<-,'ml).r th.- 

 foll.iwip!,' \\.r«- n<«t<il as |.r..mini?»t amuiij; ot li.rs : 

 St«'n..Kl«'ttis llml.riaUa. J'alajilhr V.itt hii apd 

 Calanth.- Ilarrisii, « »<l..pt«.KlM,. ' 



'I'luuii 



D.-mln.hinm (i..|.l.i. I.a-lioratt l.ya 

 <'attl.-va Mrs. Sasm.uii. I.a-lia apcrps in varirty. 

 (J.li.plo;I.isMim r.-sral^'ni. Cymhidium Trarya- 

 num. Odontiodit ( 'hi-lsicnsis. ' Odontioda Miad- 

 slmwia-. I»i-pdr .. hiliim ulnmaniim. La'li<>-«il 1 1.-\ i 

 Priam. ( >d<inl<>i;I«i.ssum ciispum. Omidiiim vari- 

 to.swm UoKri-sii, (*.i-l«>KVP.- v.-nusla. ('viin'|Miliums 

 (iaston Hultv.l. Auicnm Marie. Odditv. ("..m- 

 mand.r-in-Chi.-f. Ma H.li.-. Iiar..i< S.lir..d.r. 

 !^'«-anum. I^M-apum (^nfcn Ah^vai'dra. L.<;umiii 

 ma«niruum. IV.rtii. II. •»».•. his.|..ila. P.;i< ...k. 

 Chuntini l.in.l.ni, I.anra Kimliall. Sand.ra'. 

 Ilntwnii, .itrina. vill.isnm anrif.-rum. IMtclicria- 

 num. William's luir. furm.jsuni Krandiflonim. 

 Vor..pi.-ns piid sir li.-dv.rs Hull.r. 



Journal of the Board of Agricuhure. 



Till-; .lanuary nuinlur i<>iitaiii> aniuii;,' .itlur 

 arti.-l.-s a r<'|M»rt. on IMant hist-ascs in Kn^land 

 and NVal.s f.ir IIU I HM.".. and also tin- announ.c- 

 niont that tli.- r.|>..rts ..f 111.- Il..rt i< ult ura! Hran.li 

 nr." suspcnd.-d for tli.- )>r.si-nl. This is rej?ri't- 

 tahh'. Imt jM.ssihly incvita1)h'. und<'r present c-<»n- 

 diti.»ns. y.-t w.- ar.- in.lin. d to think that even 

 y.'t th." (i.ivernm.-nt do.-s not appre.iate the 

 imiMirt-an.-e of llorti.-nltur.-. An artieh- on the 

 Ini]>rovemi-nt .>f Allotments is useful, and should 

 he .if value to .■.(un.ils and ot her Imdies <-on.erned. 

 and the sta.tem.-nt that urhan allotments are 

 ^.-nerallv h.-tter .ultivatid than rural ones will 

 Kiv.- f.M.d f..r r.tl.-<ti..n. Th.- .aus.- of this difT.-r- 

 en.-.- is lar^'.-ly due. as th.- inv.-stigator disc.ivered. 

 to tlie hij.'h.-r waK«*« «»»»l sliorter h.iurs enjoyed 

 by th.- urhan w.>rk<-r .-omjiared with the 

 npiiallintrly Lm^ h.iurs and eontemjitihl.- wapes 

 lutli.-rto .-..nsidered j?ood enou<j;h for rural work- 

 m.-n. 



Myosotis Azorica. 



Thi.s delightful little F<.rf,'et-nie-Xot from Ih.- 

 Azores is one .if th.- he.st of ])lants for .tutumn 

 flowerini:. AlthoU!,'h barely hardy enough to 

 withstan.l our wint.-rs. it is s.> easily raised from 

 seeds, whi.h it jiroduees freely, that tlu-r.- .should 

 be no dilTlculty in having a nice stock of i)lants. 

 Seeds sown n.iw in a c.dd frame and picked out 

 when larg.- enough will fl.twer n.-xt autumn. 

 The seedlings may be jirick.d out wlu-r.- th.-y ar.- 

 to fl.»wer. or may be gr.»wn on in b:)xes or in 

 some s|>are i»iere of ground until larg.-r. and 

 transferred to the rock garden at a lat.-r date. 

 A moist iKtsition is be.sfc. such as in a small bog 

 or a pocket at th.- has.- of th.- ro.kery. The 

 flowers are a dark piirple-blu<'. and th<- t.)tal 

 height of the plant in flower is n.)t more than six 

 inches or thereab.>ut. 



The Mild Winter. 



llMCKi.v <I.i w.- .-H«-ap«> so long without s.-v«'re frost, 

 and sur.lx n.-v.-r in K.-bruary havi- so many |>lants 

 be.-n s<i advanc.-d as th«-y ar.- n.iw- .ilpim-H. trees, 

 shrubs and h.-rbace.iu.s pl.mts jir.- hurrying along. 

 Alas, it may be to., fast ! Il.iw oft.n has .March 

 hcl.l th.- garden in iin i. y grip, .'itul ev.-n April 

 has int.red wit h tears of hail and a .-old <-ast wind. 

 I'lv.-n as I write th.-r.- s.-.-ms a chang.-. th.- sky is 

 cl.-ar.-r and th.-n- is a sting in the air. It will do 

 l.-ss damagi- n.iw than later, for though we may 

 mourn a f.-w early ll.iw.-rs others will f.ill.iw. but 

 th.- fast sw.-lling buds of p.-ars. iieaches and 

 ;i|)ricots \\\\\ not c.im.- again till lu-xt. year, and 

 on.- g.M.d frost aft.-r th.-v ar.- op.-n desti-ovs all 

 In. p.- of fruit f..r this summ.-r. Wh.-n- th.-"tr.-.s 



.•!i n w.ills. .if c.iurs.-. pr.-iauti.ms can be takeri, 



.md .1 b-w f.il.ls .if lish n.-tting or filTany hung 

 <iV(-r tilt- tr.-.s at night and r.-move.l in th.- morn- 

 ing will d.-f.-at .la.k l-'r..st. 



Th.- s.im.- thing on a small.-r s.;il.- may 1..- d.m.- 

 with sm.ill slu-ubs. alpin.s .ir ht-rba.-.-ous [ilants. 

 A f.-w stak.s ar lun.l th.- plant and a s.pian- .if 

 tilTany or e\.'n brown paper or n.-wsjiapt-r at- 

 tach.-d th.-r.-t.i will savt- many a gem from disastc-r. 

 It is remarkabl.- how many floW(-rs ar.- out just 

 now that we ordinarily associate with a m.mth 

 ii.-nce. I had th.- privileg.- of a few moments in 

 the large- rock garden nt ("urragh (irange the other 

 (lav. anil noti.-.-d under the pin.-s a fin.- lotof the 

 ■.h(-fashion.-.l d.iubl.- Whit.- Primrose not s > often 

 n.iw s.-.-n in g.i.id form. Near by. too, a line 

 .lump of Iris r.-ti.ulata was remarkable. Miny 

 .if tile Kabscliii Saxifrages w.-re in fl.iwer and 

 some quite over. What a line shrub lio.sa 

 .sericea i>tera.-antha is for planting on a knoll 

 where it nmst be dry in summer! l)(-spit<- this 

 the growths were long and vigorous, and the r.>d 

 spines immense and looking v.-ry attra.tiv.-. 

 Krica carnea. too, was coming out well and should 

 lo.ik very charming in a week or two. It has been 

 planted in quantity under sime young pines — a 

 li t ting ass iciati'in, which shouldimjirove with time. 

 A friend, writing from th.- ^^ est of Ireland, 

 says that his IJ:ises are as forward as they oft.-n 

 are in April, and it certainly is astonishing as one 

 moves about t^i see the gmwth on Honey.suckles, 

 IIyi)ericums and many otli.-r things, as green as 

 a thorn liedge in April. \\ andeher. 



Leucojum carpaticum Vagneri. 



'I'll IS li.'autiful fail\ llnw.-ring Sn.iwdnqi-like 

 jilant has b.-en flowciing in the Botanic (iardens 

 at Cilasnevin since about the middle of .lamuiry. 

 In many respects it is similar as to L. carpaticum. 

 which is also a very charming flowerer. and con- 

 sidered a variety of L. vermim. In the form 

 Vagneri, however, the scape on which the flowers 

 are borne is considerably taller than that of 

 li. carpaticum, and the flowers are ojien a week 

 or so in advance of the latter vari.-ty. L. vernum 

 and all its varieties are worthy the attention of 

 hardy plant lovers. The beautiful white fl.iwers 

 with green-tipjied segments are very attractive 

 ajipearing so early in the year. A moist ])osition 

 in th.- rock garden would suit them admirably, 

 though they are .-qually at home in a well culti- 

 vated herl)aceous border. Leucojum belongs to 

 thf- Amaryllis'^family. to which also belong the 

 Sn.iwdroji and T)an.odil. 



