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IRISH GARDENING. 



Wild Arum, as dangerously attractive as the Autumn and Winter Effect," by C. E. Fielder, 



sprays of Woody Nightshade berries, graded Y.M.H. 



from^ emerald green through yellow and orange This goes very fully into the subject — dealing 



to scarlet. " '^vith leaf effects, the value of bark colouring, 



Besides, there is the infrequent crop on -Juni- and also berries. 



I'kknkttva .\n (ito.VATA. Willi wiini: iii;i;i;ii;s 



pcrus communis and liiitchcr's lii'iKiin, that 

 <|uaint, rather pathetic, prehistoric plnnl which 

 has no longer any leaves proper but cldilmlcs or 

 Itranches which have taken up the work of tlic 

 leaves, and right on these they bear their icd 

 fruits, like fairv dessert set out on little green 

 dishes. 



Jn the " Journal of the lioyal Horticultural 

 Society," February, 1910, there is a most in- 

 teresting article on " Trees and Shrubs for 



\\ r lia\(' three plants of l)erl)eris virescens, 

 tile winter coloui-ing in the stems of which is a 

 constant joy — but there ought to l)e thirty cf 

 them, a great tumbling lump with a dark green 

 liackground. It is perfectly useless to have one 

 plant of any of these winter effects — plant them 

 generously in a wide colour scheme, or not at 



A\'iili(ler I'oiind 

 ijare hotrililr tini( 



in tile winter luontlis, that 

 from December to March, till 



