IRISH GARDENING. 



The Physical Elements of Our 

 Soil 



By T. H. IlLiiUES. 



Greater production is a sUigan we would do well 

 to bear in mind, not only in these war times, but 

 always and all the time. Just now the necessity 

 is still more apparent due to the call of our man 



power, and to other unnatural causes. In times 

 of peace prepare for war, but peace or war, all 

 wealth is derived from the soil, and the pros- 

 perity of our country is based on our individual 

 and collective efforts in conjunction with a know- 

 ledge of our own particular soil and its adapta- 

 bility to the crops we wash to grow. That know- 

 ledge is perhaps the fundamental basis of our 

 success or failure, in our garden hobby or our 

 profession as gardeners and agriculturists. 



Under normal or any conditions it is not 

 possible to have a wasted surplus of soil pro- 



SOME GOOD THINGS 



each 



Agapanthus insignls ... 5/- 



Andromeda arborea, tlie most 



brilliant of autiunn tints 3/G, 5/- 



Andromeda Mariana, beauti- 

 fully tinted persistent 

 foliage ... ... 1/-, 1/0 



Andromeda nitida ... 2/G, 3/G 



„ f ormosa { Rolli- 



sonii) ... 2/G, 3/G 



Acer Davidii, new snake - 

 barked Maple from China, 

 on own roots ... ... 5/- 



Astilbe simplicifolia, a dainty 



gem ... ... ... 1/0 



Azalea Amoena, in many 

 varieties 



doz. 



y/-, 12 - 



12,'- 



12 -, 18/- to 

 30/- 

 12/-, 18/- 



Azalea Mollis, nicely budded 

 Azalea ledifolia leucanthum, 



hardy, pure white, tine 



bushes ... ...1/0,2/6,3/6 



Berberis stenophylla. New 



Hybrids, named ... 1/6,2/6 12/-, 18/- 



Corylopsis paucifiora ... 2/6 



CotoneasterFranchetti, strong 1/6 12 - 



„ bullata ... 1/6 12 - 



„ salicifolia floccosa 1/6, 2/G 



Dictamnus giganteus ... J.^6 12 - 



Enkianthus Campanulatus, 



big bushes ... ... 2/6 to 5/- 



Euonymus Europeus fructo 



COCClnea, the finest fruiting 



kind ... ... ... 1/6, 2/6 



Erica arborea ... ...1/-, 1/6, 2/0 y -. 12 -, 18 



„ Codonodes ...1/-, 1/6, 2/0 



„ „ Veitchianus 1/-, 1/6, 2/0 



Eucryphia pinnatifida, fine 



})lants ... ... 3/6 to 10/G 



Fagus Cunningham! ... 3/6, 5/- 



Funkia Fortune!, beautiful 



glaucous, blue foliage ... 1/- 0- 



Gaultheria Veitchianus ... 3/6 



wn '{ 



1 0, 2 )i 

 1/0 

 7 (i 

 3/0 



1 



1 /- 

 1 (J 



1/U 



2/0 



each 

 Iris lacustris, a charming luck 



])lant, and now in full 



flower ... ... 1 - 



Kirengoshoma palmata 

 Lysimachia Fortune! 

 Magnolia Fraserii ") 

 „ Kobus i- ow 

 „ parvifiora j roots (. 2,0, 5, - 

 Mlmulus Bartonianus, a 



wonderf u 1 plant, flowers 



from June to October ... 

 Meconopsis Cambrica auran- 



tius ... 

 Oxalis Valdivensis 

 Orchis foliosa, the finest form 



of the Madeira Orchid ... 



11.5/- 100 



Pseonia lobata Sunbeam, the 



most brilliant of scarlet 



flowers 

 Plagianthus Lyall!!, the best 



form 

 Podophyllum Emodii major 

 Photinia variabilis, the most 



brilliantly coloured of trees 



with autumn tints ; fin 



trees 

 Pinus Montezumse, nice 



trees in pots 

 Pterostyrax hispida 

 Rhododendron racemosum 



„ ciliatum 



Styrax Japonica ... 

 Sidalcea Rose Queen (T.S.), 



one of the best plants sent 



out of Daisy Hill, sheaves 



of bright rose-i)iuk fiowers, 



6 feet high 

 Tritoma Modesta } white ( 

 „ Multifloraf flowers ) 

 Yucca Vonierensis, one of the 

 best of the family 



doz 



'J - 



!► - 

 12/- 



3 



2/0. 3/0 18/- to 30/- 



T. SMITH 



Daisy Hill 

 Nursery, 



NEWRY 



