IRISH GARDENING. 



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Hardy Plants for Cut Flowers. 



Thk supi)!; 

 important 



latt 

 While SOUK' tc»v people 1 

 flowers I believe the 



lilatile lor cult iug is a very 



11 uaidens. larj^e or small. 



e an aversion to cutting 



ajority experience the 



keenest pleasure in being able to cull a few of their 

 favourites and eniov airanLi:iim- tlicm in recc))- 

 tacles of vari- 



u s sorts, 

 thereby beau- 

 tifying the 

 rooms which 

 are in constant 

 use. The ques- 

 tion of supply 

 i.s not so urgent 

 in large gar- 

 dens where })is4 

 quantities ol 

 many things 

 can be grown 

 both outside 

 a n d u n d e r 

 glass: but the 

 ow ner of a 

 small garden 

 has a more 

 difficult prob- 

 lem to tackle. 

 He desires as 

 many flowei- 

 as possible for 

 cutting, ove]' 

 as long a sea- 

 son as p o s- 

 sible, and at 

 the same time 

 he wants to 

 have his gar- 

 den gay. Want 

 of space for- 

 bids him gro« - 



1 n g reserve^ 

 stocks for cut- 

 t i n g. a n d 

 equally pre- 

 cludes him 

 from growing 

 many plants 

 w h i c li a r <■ 

 beautiful in 

 tlie garden but 

 do not last 

 \v hen cut. 

 () b V i o u s 1 \ 

 then the best 

 thing he can 

 do is to find 

 (Mit which 

 are best for 



cutting and concent rale on these, for tlie 

 lie (|iiife as beautiful in the beds and borders as 

 when cut. an<l by growing more of each the garden 

 will br kept full. The following list, which does 

 not j)retend to be exhaustiv.-. is an attemi)t to 

 help those who mav lie iti doubt as to what to 

 J)lanl. 



Achillea i)farmica. Pei-ry's A'ariefv. a lovelv 

 white flowered vaiiety. ii> bloom "from .lune 

 onwards till September, liy culling a few sfjiay.; 

 occasionally a succession of' bloom is encouraged, 

 ffeii^rht about 2 feet. 



,1 II 



will 



Anemone japonica is obtainable in several 

 colours, notaijly white, pink and rosy red. A 

 beautiful border plant flowering from August to 

 Octobei-. the flowers shoidd be cut before quite 

 fully expanded, a remark which applies to 

 practically all flow ers. Height from 3 to 4 feet. 

 Anthemis tinctoria. commonly called the " Ox 

 Eye Chamomile." has bright yellow flowers in 

 heads, and blooms fi-om .lune onwards for several 



months. There 

 are also lemon 

 yellovv, golden 

 y e 1 1 o w a n d 

 cream coloured 

 varieties. 

 Height about 

 2 feet. 



Anthericum 

 Liliago pro- 

 duces masses 

 of lovely white 

 flowers in 

 spikes during 

 early summer, 

 and is a most 

 graceful plant; 

 while A. ramo- 

 sum, with 

 much n a r - 

 rower leaves 

 and slender 

 spikes, is not 

 less beautiful. 

 Flowering in 

 June and July. 

 Height about 

 1^ to 2 feet. 



Asters. — Of 

 these there is 

 an i m m e n s e 

 number, many 

 among the tail 

 varieties being 

 very beautiful, 

 but for general 

 purposes the 

 dwarfer sorts 

 are the best. 

 Aster amelhis 

 has yield e d 

 numerous ex- 

 tremely beau- 

 tiful varieties 

 f)f late years, 

 and they are 

 unsu r passed 

 for cutting or 

 garden decora- 

 tion. Among 

 the best are 

 \. amellus 

 major. violet 

 Favourite, junk : 

 HIeu. light blue: 

 The height varies 



K (so. 



:s. (ihis. 



blue : roseus. 

 i'le/.iosa. dark 

 and Hiverslea. 

 slightly from 2 



l)ii.k : Peri' 

 vi<.l.l : Kiel 

 rich violet 

 to :} feet. 



Aster Thomsoni 

 arge i)al(' blue flow 



ith 



ward 

 section. 

 onward 

 Chry; 

 has givei 

 newest — ^ 



I b.-.lUlituI sprclrs W 



produccil from .luly on- 

 id thus comes in before the Amellus 

 .Inch does not flower till August and 

 into October. 



nfhemum maximum is a favourite, and 

 mv fine varieties. On*' of the 

 Annie House — alluded to in last 



