19 14- PRAKGER. — Rarer Irish Plants in Cultivaiio7i. 233 
From Ben Bulbcn came Arcnaria ciliaia and Poly gala 
grandiflora. The former makes a most dainty cushion 
loaded with flowers, of which the shigs are very fond. I 
have found it hard to estabhsh any of the Milkworts, but 
P. grandiflora, once established, has sowed itself about. 
Plants from the North include Scilla vcrna, which is a 
pleasing and easy little plant. Rosa hihernica has formed a 
large bush, which fruits freely. Circaca alpina is curiously 
enough a common weed in northern gardens, and a trouble- 
some weed too, getting into the centre of a clump where it 
is impossible to eradicate it. Poterium officinale from 
Donaghadee grows freely, and Carum vcrticillatum is worth 
growing for sake of its elegant foliage ; my present plants 
came from the Pyrenees. So far I have not succeeded well 
with any of the Irish Pyrolas, on account of the difficulty 
of securing well -rooted pieces : but P, rohmdifolia var. 
arcnaria from near Southport grows freely. Spiranthcs 
Romanzoffiana I twice tried, making a little wet bog for its 
accommodation, but slugs could not be kept from it. 
Carcx Buxhaumii I obtained from Glasnevin Botanic 
Gardens, where no doubt the stock is derived from original 
specimens collected on Lough Neagh by Dr. Moore ; it 
runs about extensively, and has to be ruthlessly weeded 
out each season. My garden is too dry for Trollius euro- 
pacus, which I brought from Lough Melvin. Linaria 
repens from near Rostrevor proved a pestilential weed. 
Maritime plants mostly do well in my light soil. Glau- 
ciitm fiavum and Staticc occidentalis increase by natural 
seeding. Euphorbia portlandica grows exuberantly, E. 
Paralias not so freely. Convolvulus Soldanella grows easily 
in sand, but is difficult to flower. Artemisia maritima 
makes a beautiful mass of silvery gray, and sows itself. 
Mcrtensia maritima is lovely, but slugs are inordinately 
fond of it. Atriplcx portulacoidcs , Crithmum maritimum, 
Inula crithmoides and Diotis candidissima languish, and I 
have not succeeded in making them feel at home. 
Of other plants, mostly from the east or centre of Ireland, 
the following may be mentioned : — Viola lutca (from the 
Dublin hills) is a delightful plant in cultivation, with a pro- 
