IRISH GARDENING. 



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niun in gardens. It is a most attractive plant 

 for the Rock Garden, forming spreading masses 

 of glaucous, narrow leaves. The flowers are 

 produced in profusion, the best being pale pink, 

 though white, and even spotted, varieties may 

 occur. 



Diantlius sitbacatiUs is a l)eautitul little plant. 



PiantlniH .s///rr.sf;'(« is quite one of the best 

 of the rock Pinks, producing many beautiful 

 rosy-pink flowers on wiry stems, 6 to 9 inches 

 in length. A mass of this species hanging over 

 a rock is a beautiful sight when flowering in 

 Julv and later. 



J. W. B. 



CeL.MISIA COKlACE.i AT GlASNEN'IN. 



making compact tufts of short leaves of a 

 glaucous hue, and producing abundantly small, 

 rose-coloured flowers tjn short stalks ; the whole 

 plant does not exceed a couple of inches or so 

 in height. 



DiantJius superb as bears fine, rosy-pink 

 flowers, with much-divided petals and narrow. 

 green leaves. The flowers are deliciously frag- 

 rant, and held nearly erect, the height when in 

 flower being about 6 or 8 inches. 



Notes from my Rock Garden. 



Autumn Planting. 



By Amaranthk. 



Thk late mcjnths of autumn do not sound very 

 interesting in the Rock Garden, nevertheless I' 

 have found them so. 



It is a great pleasure to chose and place the 

 drv corms and bidbs just where, they ought to 



