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IRISH GARDENING 



carrying clusters of white flowers not remark- 

 able foi- their size but of attractive appearance, 

 the calyx and back of the jjetals beini,' sH;j;htly 

 tinged purple. 

 Three Spiraeas not yet common are S. Ilcunjii, 

 S. Wihoiti and S. Veifchii, all strong growers 



On a w^all Phujianfhus LijaJlii is bearing its 

 pendant clusters of white mallow-like flowers, 

 and near it th.e erect panicles of CUcsaJpinia 

 'litponlca, bright yellow, nestle against the wall, 

 which seems necessary for its well-being in this 

 district. 



The Old Double-white Rocket Hespeeis Matronalis 

 flobe albo pleno, 



With handsome spikes of sweet-scented flowers in 

 June. 



producing corymbs of white flowers in June. 

 Scnccio Gray'ii represents the shrubby section 

 of this genus, and is remarkahly attractive 

 when a well grown bush is fiuiiished with 

 numerous panicles of large, bright yellow 

 flower heads surmounting the grey leaves. A 

 Bunny, sheltered position in well-drained soil 

 is essential. 



OJearia stelhdata, although tolerably well 

 known is nevertheless indispensable for June 

 flowering. On a wall or in the open it bears 

 its white flower heads so freely as to almost 

 hide the small, dark green leaves. 



Olearia semidentata. 



This native of the Chatham Islands was brought 

 to Treseo Abbey, Isles of Scilly, by Captain A. 

 Dorrien Smith, where it flowered in 1913. This 

 shrub, up to 4 feet high, with rather straggling 

 ))ranches of a grey, woolly texture, grey lanceolate 

 leaves, woolly underneath, flowers heads soli- 

 tary, two inches across, disc dark purple, 

 the ray florets a paler purple. The most nearly 

 allied species is 0. clKitJiamica. Captain Dorrien 

 Smith records the two species as growing in asso- 

 ciation in boggy places in the Chatham Islands, 

 New Zealand. In the fine soil and climate of 

 Donard Nurseries, in Co. Down, it is hardy, and 

 flowers freely; hut in less favourable circum- 

 stances would reciuire a wall or protection. 



W. P. M. 



