IRISH GARDENING. 



Rhododendron Bullatum Franchet.* 



This interesting and distinct Rhxlodendron has 

 recently tiowerecl in onr gardens, grown from 

 seeds collected b}- Mr. George Forrest (numbers 

 CiOA F., 4141 F.) ill North-west and West Yunnan. 

 T!ie species was first discovered by the Abbe 

 ]).'bvay, also in Yunnan, on the Tsangchan 

 JMountain. about I880. The species is allied to 

 the Himalayan K. Edgworthii, though pc i-sibly 

 no' qnile so tender. R. l)iillatum can (^nly be 



and deliciously fragrant ; a funnel-shaped 

 flower with plenty of substance in the five- 

 lobed corolla. A. 0. 



A Double White Catchfly. 



LY( IIMS \1M ARIA FLORK ALHO PLEXO. 



This is a lieaiilii'iil and easily grown rock plant, 

 and equally useful for the front of the her- 

 baceous border. It is a member of the Pink 

 family (Caryophylleae), the type plant which 

 has pink flowers being a native of Europe, and 



P.MiT OF A HfCT^IiArF.OT'S Hol;!)!.!; WITH WATT. UlilUXO 



At Aloxandra College. T)ul>!in ; note flowers orowinrr on wall. 



cultivated at Kew successfully under glass, 

 though Jn the favoured parts of the south and 

 west plants thrive in the open. In Sussex it haf^ 

 survived 20 degrees of frost in a sheltered 

 position. 



Mr. George Forrest describes R. bullatum in 

 its native habitct as " a loosely branched shrub, 

 4 to 8 feet high." Th*^ younger branches are 

 clothed with a tawny dowii, the ovate lanceolate 

 leaves, 2 to 3 inches long, bullate. ]ia1e green 

 above, d nsely covered beneath w tli pale 

 red 'ish tomenhmi ; flowers, usually from three 

 to five or six in a truss, w^hite, flushed with pink, 

 * See illustration jn last issue. 



occasionally foimd in Britain. The double 

 white variety, as our illustration shows, is a 

 most attractive one, but the variety known as 

 Lychnis Viscaria splendens is equally desirable. 

 In this case the flowers are deep rose-coloured, 

 and never fail to charm. When in vigorous 

 condition the forms will approach 18 inches in 

 heiqht at flowering time, which is in June and 

 .July. After flowering, if the growths have 

 become crowded and the flower stalks shorb 

 and poor, the plants may be lifted and divided, 

 leplanting, with a little decayed mamu-e added. 

 The following vear they will be as vigorous a-> 

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