IRISH GARDENING 



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Herbaceous Plants. 



Late Fj.uwkiuxc; Erkjiuri. 



Ehemuhus lobustus and its varieties, E. 

 Iiinudaicus, and E . x Hi)in(>h, all flowered in 

 •June, but, thanks to the hybridist, the season 

 has l)een considerably extended. Three not- 

 able hybrids have been flowering since early 

 •lidy, and are still, at the middle of the month, 

 in full beauty-. 



E. hubclIiiiiiH is a handsome plant, ])roduc- 



Lcwisia Howellii, 



This attractive member of the I'ortvflaca 

 family has lately becoine a feature in several 

 gardens. Lewisias have been attempted in 

 gardens for a good many year's but not M^ith 

 any very great success until the advent of 

 L. Hinvdlii. Planted in deep, cool, gritty soil, 

 and exposed to the sun, it seems to floiu'ish, 

 flowering freely in early summer and maturing 

 good seed, which germinates readily. The root 

 is thick and fleshy, producing at its crown a 



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liEwisiA Howellii at Mount Usher. 



ing 6-foot stems furnislied for half their length 

 with beautiful orange l)uff flowers ; a very fine 

 plant for the herbaceous border, or, better still, 

 among dwarf shrubs. 



E. Lemon Queen is not less beautiful, and is 

 ajjparently a hybrid of E. Bungei with some 

 other species. It is of similar habit to E. 

 Bungei, but produces a more massive spike; 

 the flowers are clear yellow. 



E. speotahilis marginafvs has spikes of pale 

 buff-coloured flowers, green towards the centre ; 

 probably a hybrid of E. i^pecfahilis — itself not 

 of much decorative value — with E. Bungei or 

 some other species. 



All three were raised, we believe, by Messrs, 

 Vilmorin, of Paris. 



rosette of strap-shaped, fleshy leaves with un- 

 dulate margms. From among these arise the 

 much-branched inflorescences composed of 

 pink flowers. Tlie illustration is of a group of 

 plants growing in a moraine in Mr. Walpole's 

 garden at Mount ITsher. 



Anthemis tinctoria. 



For sheer brilliancy and freedom of floweriiig 

 it would be ditticuit to beat this well-laiown 

 ))hmt. Though of a shrubby nature at the base, 

 it is commonly and fairly classed as a herba- 

 ceous subject. There are several colour forms, 

 varying from bright rich yellow to lemon, 

 cream, and sulphur yellow, and are all to be 

 commended for summer flov/erinir. 



