ide by newer introductions, and has become 
comparatively rare in at least this part of the 
ountry, for the flowers of no эт Syringa hav 
more delicate and delightful perfume. his 
piant, which is native of western Europe, 
ached England before the end of the sixteenth 
century, and was probably one of the first shrubs 
which the English emigrants brought with them 
to this country. 
Among the American species which should find 
a place in ali HOME are P. opcm a 
d ; 
pubescens and Р. crophyllus. The 
native of the Appalachian Moraan edd ж 
grows to the height of six feet; it has н 
branches and large БОГУ pure white, 
shaped, scentless flowers. By some perso it is 
considered the most beautiful of all холна 
. pubescens, often called P. grandiflorus or Р. 
Fic, 13.—Rose : 
MRS. 
Meton Rose Society’ s Gold Medal, July 2. 1919- (see. р, 25). 
lat Шона $a also a cu e the оше 
Арра1ас regio It grow: e 
he ight of twenty feet; the Mit are ави 
erect, the leaves are broad, and th slightly 
fragrant ribs: s are arranged in , from five- 
to ten-flowered racemes This 
i D is m 
e which is Stronger than that of 
yrinza and perfumes the air for 
b distinct t. and. the 'handsomest of the 
Asiatic в speci d in the асе is Philadelphus 
purpurascens, discovered by Wilson 
China. It is a large ris with loud кеселин 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
irom. | which rie numerous branchlets from 
эрт eading at right 
stems 
1 dro ooping stalks; they a 
ОП. with > brig’ sht mn rple calyx and e white 
petals which do not spread as they on most 
of the species, but form a bell. -shaped varela and 
are E gly fragrant. is is one of the 
b: sndsomest of the shrubs | En from western 
Сор. to the Arboretum. Philadelphus pekinensis 
from northern ronal. nd Mongolia isas ush 
rather broader than high whicl every tis pues 
uces great quantities o Small owers tinge 
with ye ellow. Another ee garden, plant, 
P. Falconeri, which is inly 
, has na 
i x-flowered 
racemes, and is distinct in the ipa of its leaves 
V. HOWARTH ; COLOUR, ORANGE-SALMON, FLUSHED WITH PINK, 
and in its long narrow petals. The origin and 
history of уар, plant is not kncwn 
a a iid hybridise fre ely and several 
the gl eka est of t plants are hybrids. 
a of the дон of ala puis to attract atten- 
tion was sed i ine: ре 1870 Ьу Моп- 
sieur A. Billard; kno as Phi ladelp! hus 
insignis and на із ва Souvenir de 
Billard. It is one of the handsomest of the 
e last or 
o 
retum = Te 
P. splenden is a large and v 
with caso 6. на =a one of the 
handsomest Syringas in the collection. . Phila- 
CENA bii b. 
——. 
delphus maximus, a supposed hybrid between 4 
. latifolius from south-eastern Uni 
States, and P. tomentosus from the Himalayas 
grows to a larger size than any е othe f. 
yring. is not rare in old M ssachusetts 
gardens in which plants from twenty thi 
feet high can occasionally be seen 
"he crossing about y years , in Franc 
y Lemoine, of P onarius with micro 
phyllus has produced an entirely new race of. 
Syringas which has proved to be one of the | 
additions t ga "den sh hat has r 
made. 
H 
Pau zem 
ants a wers, and in the ti 
flowering. of the handsomest, perhaps, 
аПеа Candélabre; this is a very dwarf plant 
with flowers larger than those of either of i 
parents and an inch а а юс wide, with petals 
= parents, 
hi and be Boule 
а yin bay (see Fig. 12), Bouquet Blanc, Erectus, 
Fantasie, Gerbe de Neige and Mont Blanc. E 
NOTES FROM IRELAND. 
Miss ` FITZGERALD, 
Principal of the Ladi 
Schoo лра! of the Ladies 
of “Gardening, ај Gatien’s, Ratinfarn 
has ged to give practical demonstra 
‘ci in gardening under the au: of ће 
ише stri : 
war Ба oke or tf shi Fi her family, who 
had been settled i in serie for isse. years, - 
had three 
hours’ notice from the Germans to 
quit. 1 
Arrangements site been made 
schedule issued three days’ sl th 
Royal онага Society of Ireland, in con 
junction with oyal Dubli ty’s Horse 
Snow, the last week in August, at the latter 
cemmodious premises, Ballsbridge, Dublin 
These premises, up to the spring, were in poss 
sion of the P as the Remount Depart 
meni. Dublin's Horse Show invariably attracts 
man ousands of visitors, and every effort is 
being made for the —— al section to be 
worth the popular fun 
ite of chilling north “vinds ar 
perature prevailin 
id-J 
in is now being бану, дах кне wi 
arly tubers, retailed 2d. per lb. ood - 
quality Strawberries ranged к 1s. 
lb., with very limited suppl Dublin prat- 
tically depends on Бакыны nr Hampshire 
j “the few consignments of early 
berries from Cork are over. 
e beds and borders 
are again cropped with. verae, 
rubi has Kite to cavil at 
Me lating e 
fine stretches of g 
teresting plantings 
of the park 
n the Phoenix Parki 
but the 
Plothelders’ work around Dublin is at presen 
фа а, pleasing, notabiy along the valley 
of the Liffey from the city on to Chapelizod 
H n cr 
he кез п On ni p t 
but autum n Pus of all varieties have 
hown an abnormal tendency for flow 
fun 
E 
maturely. = some gener eds of plots under 
ice, not one, nor even a single plant, appears 
free of this ыы) A 
Peter beat um y to premature growers in the 
r Onions the recent Dublin Show- 
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