IRISH GARDENING. 



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The follov.ing Conifers and miscellaneous plants 

 may conclude this account : — Callitris australis, 

 C. oblonga, C. robusta, C. verrucosa, Juniperus 

 Cedrus, now some 14 feet high, Phyllocladus 

 trichomanoides, Tetraclinis articulata, Puya 

 chilensis, Musa Basjoo, Restio subverticillatus, 

 Erythrina cristagalli ; the last will probably 

 flower later, as well as Lilinm nepalcnso. which 

 is now in bud. 



Since the 

 above was writ- 

 ten, the follow- 

 ing are among 

 those that have 

 come into 

 bloom : — Cal- 

 ceolaria alba 

 f which, though 

 reputed tender, 

 has done well 

 here in shelter), 

 C a 1 1 i s t e m o n 

 salignus, Den- 

 dromecon rigi- 

 dum, Dianella 

 t a s m a n i c a , 

 Eucr^^phia pin- 

 natif olia (a plant 

 some 25 feet 

 high, and always 

 smothered in 

 flower), Fre- 

 montia calif or- 

 nica, G a y a 

 Lyallii, Hype- 

 ricum aureum 

 (a very distinct 

 and beautiful 

 shrub), H. tri- 

 florum, Lomatia 

 longifolia, Muti- 

 sia decurrens. 



I owe many of 

 these rare plants 

 to the kindness 

 of Sir Frederick 

 Moore of Glas- 

 nevin more es]D- 

 ecially, and to 

 Professor Bailey 

 Royal Botanic 

 Walpole, Mr. A. 



Balfour 

 Gardens ; 

 Boscawen. 



Lii.irM ( 

 At :\I( 



)f the Edinburgh 

 also some to Mr. 

 and other friends. 



Lilies 



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916. 



I KNOW' not how Lily growers may have fared 

 in Ireland this year, but in the south of England 

 and in the west of Scotland the present season 

 lias proved disastrous to their favourite genus. 



The summers of 1914 and 1915 were so favour- 

 able to the development of growth and blossom 

 that we were deluded into the belief that means 

 had been devised for averting or successfully 

 combating the direst enemy of the race — 

 Botrytis cinerea. But this year the most 

 assiduous care has failed not only to prevent, 

 but even to mitigate, the ravages of that fungus, 



and, most seri- 

 ous of all, species 

 which wefondly 

 imagined to be 

 immune from 

 its attacks have 

 either suc- 

 cumbed or been 

 badly disfigured. 

 For instance, the 

 splendid Lilium 

 regale, after 

 making excel- 

 lent growth and 

 coming to the 

 point of flower- 

 ing, suddenly 

 developed the 

 fell blotches, and 

 the blooms have 

 been ruined. L 

 Sargentte is fol- 

 lowing suit, and 

 L. Humboldtii 

 has been over- 

 whelmed ; even 

 the new and free 

 growing Lily 

 which I do not 

 know whether to 

 call Sutchuense, 

 pseudo-tigrinum 

 B i o n d i o r 

 WilmotticE, has 

 been overtaken 

 Just as the first 

 blooms opened. 

 Early- flower- 

 ing species es- 

 caped the con- 

 tagion — namely, 

 bcllatum. i)yicnaicum, martagon, 



nu)nadelphum and ]jomponium, though L. Han- 

 soni suffered badly. L. canadense is perfectly 

 healthy, but many groups of pardalinum have 

 been jxfl'ectcd. L". testaceum is good in parts, 

 like the curate's egg, and so are its reputed 

 parents L. candidum and L. ehalcedonicum. 



The excessive wet of last winter has destroyed 

 nianv esjahlishcd bulbs. Gone is the peerless 

 L. I'.rowui fiom a bank which it graced for three 

 consecutive seasons : L. Philadelphicuni has sent 



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