IRISH GARDENING 



VOLUME XV 



No. 17S 



Editor— J- W. Besant 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE 



ADVANCEMENT OF HORTICULTURE AND 



ARBORICULTURE IN IRELAND 



DECEMBER 

 1920 



NEW YORK 



TiiK wonderfully mild \\-eat;her during October depicted in the illustration. The leaves are 

 and early November proved exceptionally roundish in outline more or less seven-lohed, 

 favourahle to tihis beautiful Japanese species. and toothed on the margin. The pure \\-hite 



Saxifraga Fortunei 



Photo l>y\ 



Saxifraga Fortunei 

 In the Boo- Garden at Glasnevin. 



[MUs C. V. Mille 



3A.S the illustration shows it flowered with 

 aireat freedom in the ling garden in the 

 Tioyal Botanic Gardens at Glasnevin. There 

 "^are" two forms of Sax. Fortunei, one with 

 '"^^ea,ves green on both surfaces, the other, and 

 Cj>etter of the t^vo, \A'ith lea,ves dark green above 

 '^nd ruddy red below; t.he latter is the form 



flowers are produced in spreadmg panicles. 

 The petals are unequal in size, the three or iomr 

 upper being short ;uid the lower much longer; 

 moist, rich soil with shelter fronx rough wmds 

 and earlv morning sun suits this species well. 

 Sax Fortunei represents a section ot the 

 " 3 called bv botanists the Diptera group, 



genus 



