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IRISH GARDENING. 



NAME 



Pyi'us pi'uiiif olia 

 ,, spectabilis 

 *Rhudodendrons 

 Ribes sanguineuiu 



,, speciosmu 

 Rose, species 



,, garden hybrids 

 Rubus deliciosus 

 ., uobilis 

 *81ciinuiia japonica 

 tSolamiiu, crispiun 

 t ,, jasiuiuoides 



*Spartiuiii iunceum ... 

 Spinea arguta 

 ,, DoiigIa.si 



,, japonica and varieties 

 ., nobleana 

 *Tricuspidaria t lanceolata 



* \ Tlex europa^us 

 *\'eronica Autumn. Glory 



* ,, decumbeus 



* ,, Gauntletii 



* ,, Haastii 



* ,, Hulkeana ... 



* ,, parviflora ... 



* ., Traversii ... 

 Mburniuu lantanuiu 



,, opulus 



,, plicatuui ... 



tonientosuni 



Weigelia (Diervilla) ... 



,, floribunda ... 



varieties 



APPROXIMATK TIME OF 

 FLOWERING 



April, May 



May onwards' 



Marcli to May 



March to June 



June 



June onwards 



May and June 



August 



April, May 



June to September 



August, September 



August to October 



Aijril, May 



August 



August, September 



August 



June, July 



February onwards 



August 



June 



August, October 



June 



August 



June 

 June, 



July 



June and July 



PRUNING 



Winter or early spring to preserve shape 



Seldom want pruning 

 Thin out after flowering 



Thin out occasionally 



March 



After flowering 



Cut out old wood in spring 



Seldom wants pruning 



Occasional thinning out 



>> 

 Thin out in spring 

 After flowering 

 Cut back in early spring 



Seldom requires pruning 



>» 

 Early spring if necessary to improve 

 shape 



Thin out old wood occasionally 

 Early spring if necessary 

 Thin out occasionally 



Seldom wants pruning 

 Thin out after flowering 



* Evergreens usuafly, though some may lose their leaves in severe winters. Some Rhododendrons 



are deciduous. 

 t Shrubs that often do best against a wall. 



The Month's Work. 



necessary to protect Celery ; straw or bracken 

 will answer the purpose, but it must be removed 

 when the frost is gone. 



Southern and Western Counties. 



By Wm. Campbell, Head Gardener to Lord 

 Castletown, Doneraile, Co. Cork. 



The Vegetable Garden. 



Work in the vegetable garden during December 

 chiefly con.sists of digging and trenching. It is 

 also a good time to make any alterations or 

 improvements that may be contemplated. Collect 

 leaves when the ground is not in a condition 

 for digging : every winter for sorne years back 

 I have made a practice of collecting several 

 loads of leaves, and throwing them in an out- 

 of-way corner. The following .spring I place 

 heaps of loam all over them and plai't them with 

 vegetable marrows, with excellent results. 



Celery. — If severe frost sets in it will be 



Rhubarb.^ — Continue to force Rhubarb, accord- 

 ing to quantity required. It can now be brought 

 on in the open grouud ; procure some old barrels, 

 knock the bottoms out of them and place them 

 over the crowns ; pack around the barrels as 

 nuich fermenting material as will retain tlie heat 

 for a few weeks, but avoid too violent a heat. 

 Oak or beech leaves mixed with a little stable 

 manure will give all the heat required for forcing 

 lihubarb or Seakale ; all that is required for 

 Seakale is a mound of finely sifted coal ashes or 

 sand, about one foot deep, placed over each 

 clump or stool, putting a stake in each to mark 

 where the Seakale is ; then cover as niany stools 

 as you intend forcing with heating material, 

 covering tlie intervening ground as well to a 

 depth of 15 inches or so. 



Cut and prepare Pea stakes, and make a fresh 

 stock of labels, tie them in bundles and store away 

 until required in the spring. Now is the time to 

 lay in a good stock of loam for potting and other 

 purpo.ses. 



