IRISH GARDENING. 



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Jnjured Flower Spikes. -The tiower .spikes of the 

 Astilbe [Spircea) japouica have suffered from some me- 

 chanical injury, for there is no sigfn of disease present. 

 Propably the injury has been caused by g-ivingf too much 

 ichthemic guano. The directions on the tin should be 

 strictly followed. Sp/'nea japo/iica requires abundance 

 of water and should not be allowed to get dry at the 

 roots. When in full growth the pots can stand in pans 

 or saucers of water, and one weekly application of 

 soot-water and one of ichthemic guano will be sufficient 

 instead of two doses of each 



Double White Rocket. — In answer to a correspon- 

 dent's queries Mr. Tyndall supplies the following: — 

 This is one of the most useful early summer hardy 

 flowering plants, yet how often do we find it dying off 

 in winter, even in many good gardens. This being so, 

 it is not as often met with as its merits deserve. That 

 it is perfectly hardy there can be no doubt, as note how 

 well it is grown in man\- parts of Scotland and Norlii of 

 Ireland. Some gardeners believe that certain grubs are 

 the great cause of the mischief, weakening the plants, 

 which if they are not actually killed give but poor flowers. 

 This leaf-roller grub lives on the plants all through the 

 winter, and in the spring dues much damage to the 

 young growths and foliage. Hand-picking is the only 

 thing- to free the plants of the pest. Where fine spikes 

 of flowers are desired, or where the plants suffer much, 

 annual propagation should be done by dividing old 

 plants or, better still, .striking cuttings from the growths, 

 which in the autumn push from the base of the plant and 

 sometimes for a considerable way up the stems. Septem- 

 ber is a good time to propagate either by division of 

 old plants or by putting in cuttings under a handlight or 

 cold frame, and planting out in well-manured stations in 



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