IRISH GARDENING 



VOLUME XV 



No. 173 



Editor— J- W. Besant 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE 



ADVANCEMENT OF HORTICULTURE AND 



ARBORICULTURE IN IRELAND 



JULY 

 1920 



The Bush, Antrim* 



FreqI'ext notes of this deservedly celebi'ated 

 rock garden have appeared in Irish Gardening, 

 but where such a collection exists there is 

 ample room for further description without any 



able shades of orange to cerise, and almost the 

 height and figure of puJverulenta. A scattered 

 group of Meconopsis cambricus fl. pi. growing 

 from the edge of the Primulas to the top of an 



fear of repetition. The following are some of 

 the plants in flower in the first week of June. 



Primulas have always been a feature of The 

 Bush. It is difficult to recognise these plants 

 as the Primulas generally seen in gardens. 

 C> Luxuriant growth of leaves, stems, and tier 

 ^ after tier of flower. They make brilliant 

 ■"" patches of colour, several yards square, 

 through the garden. Some of the P. pulvcru- 

 Irnta Cockbiaiiiana crosses, natural, and arti- 

 ficially done, are especially good, CoclxbiiDiidna 

 predominating in colour, with many indescrib- 



overhanging bank, carried on the colour 

 scheme in a most attractive way. Amongst 

 the natural seedlings a rich, wine-coloured 

 P. piilverulenta " Lady Dufferin " is one of 

 the most distinct, its dark brown eye and 

 capability of keeping its rich colour when going 

 off marking it as a distinct advance on its 

 parent. A bright clear pink P. pulverulenta 

 also flowering for the first time, " Lady 

 Clanwilliam," has a fine habit and strikes a 

 new note of colour. 



P. sikl-inicnsis flowers freely and regularly 



