IRISH GARDENING 



VOLUME XV 

 No. 169 



Editor— J. W. Besant. 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE 



ADVANCEMENT OF HORTICULTURE AND 



ARBORICULTURE IN IRELAND 



MARCH 

 1920 



•-1 4 NEW VM|t 



Cut Flowers in Winter* ***^^'^«^al 



]^UHiNO the winter montlis, when tlowers for 

 cutting are scarce, much can be done witli 

 branches of catkin flowering trees. In Novem- 

 ber Salix Meycriana, the earhest of the Willows 

 to flower, makes an original effect of great 

 charm. The black, horn-like scales, if gently 

 l)resse(l, peel off, showing the sill-iy, silvery, 



inccDui rainiilifi-cnrcineis, with its coral bark 

 and catkin, make a pretty branching effect. 

 Hazel and Poplars open well in water. 



As well as catkin flowering trees there are 

 many early comers, such as Cornus Mas, with 

 the pretty, yellow, star-shaped flowers; Hamn- 

 )neHs ntollis, H. arborca Cliinionauth us, 



I'hotoby] .IaSMINUM SlEBOLDlANUM . [W . E. Trevithicl-. 



With a spray of J. nudifloruni on the right. 



baby catkins on the dark purple and red stems. 

 »S'. daphnoidcs var. aglaia has gi'ey stems 

 of stiff upright hai)it ; it'^ catkins turn a soft, 

 rosy pink as they mature. *S. clncrra 

 flowers later and is of dwarfer habit. 8. 

 pndnosa has long, slender stems covered with 

 grey bloom. All these Willows have the merit 

 of keeping fresh for weelvs in water, and can 

 be used as cuttings when their decorative days 

 are over. 



A\nu8 cnnericaniis, and the brighter .4. 



Lonicera StaiuUsIii and Daphne Mczereum, 

 purple and white, are especially welcome on 

 account of tbeir ^weet scent. Later on, the 

 prunings of Peach trees, generally thrown 

 away, if kept in a warm room open freely. All 

 members of the PKmus family are easily 

 hurried into bloom if taken when the buds are 

 formed. They make delightful decoration, 

 bringing a foretaste of spring into the dwelling- 

 house long before she appears in the open. 

 P run IIS cerasifcm comes first; the slender, 



