Hints On the Culture of Ornamental Plants in Ireland
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Atro- rubens, If. Atropurpureus^ and others, are pretty common. I specially notice II. Argutifolius, or the Holly-leaved Helebore, as, to me, the handsomest of the family, and one which I have seen but in few places. It is well worthy of a conspicuous position for its foliage, irrespective of its handsome bloom. All, I believe, grow freely from self-sown seed, and in ordinary good soil. Nasturtiums, Tropceolums, have gained a position in town gardening from which they are not likely to be displ...aced ; but T. Polyphyllum, which is, to my eye, one of the most interesting, I have not yet seen grown in any town, though I see no reason why it should not there succeed. Like most of the family, it is native^ of South America, and grows in racemes several feet long, radiating from a centre, and with yellow flowers and leaves thick along each. It is readily propagated by bulbs, which form deep below the surface ; and the plant possesses a quality, like Dictamnus fraxinella, of generating and emitting in certain states of the atmosphere, towards evening, an inflammable gas and electric sparks, which was, I believe, first observed by a daughter of Linnaeus.
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