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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
and furnished with glossy green foliage, are certainly most noble in 
appearance, whether employed in the decoration of the conservatory 
or the terrace garden. Speaking generally, it may also be said that 
specimens of the dimensions here mentioned will be quite large 
enough for all purposes. Hydrangeas, it should be observed, are 
perfectly hardy, as the large plants round the beds of American 
plants on the terraces here amply testify. They may, therefore, be 
wintered in the open air, but to prevent the frost from splitting the 
pots or injuring the roots, they should be covered with long litter, 
or at the least the pots be plunged in a bed of coal-ashes. 
GARDEK^ PLANTS OF KINGSTOWN, IRELAND. 
N the May number of the Floeal Wokld, I have read 
with pleasure an interesting paper on plants and shrubs 
growing out of doors winter and summer in the north 
‘of Ireland. Perhaps a description of those I saw my- 
self last autumn in full bloom at Kingstown, a water- 
ing place near Dublin, may also prove interesting to some of the 
readers of the Floral World. 
In the front gardens of the terraces, some of which were close 
to the sea, others more inland, were fine large plants which had 
evidently been growing out of doors many years, of the following 
amongst others : — Scarlet Salvias, Shrubby Veronicas, Sweet-scented 
Verbenas, MyHles, and Fuchsias; not the old Fuchsia Riecartoni, 
which is common enough out of doors, but large show and double 
flowering varieties, in the style of Mrs. Marshall, Sir Colin Campbell, 
etc., etc. The most of these small gardens were divided by iron 
rails about two feet high, which formed a support for myrtles, 
veronicas, and fuchsias, which were trained against them, and 
allowed to form a thick hedge the height of the rails. The effect 
of these when in full bloom, as I saw them the first week in 
October, was truly charming, and would surprise many as it did me 
at the time. Indeed, I was wondering had my favourites at home 
been yet lifted and put into their glass quarters for the winter, but 
here were these fine specimens (some of the myrtles stood over 
eight feet high) in full flower, looking strong and healthy, having 
stood many a sharp frost and blustering wind, for Kingstown in 
winter is bitterly cold, yet they were much finer, and with a far 
greater amount of flowers on them than mine which were well 
taken care of under glass during the winter months. The plants 
appeared to have been cut back rather hard, which no doubt 
accounted for the amount of flowers on them. I also observed 
some fine yuccas, which seemed to grow there in great luxuriance, 
also fine plants of Esca.llonia rubra, which is used there mostly for 
covering walls. I was mentioning my astonishment at seeing the 
above-named plants doing so well out of doors the season round 
to the foreman of a well-known nursery firm a few days since, and 
