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brown, but grow up strongly the following 

 season. 



Our illustration (taken May, 1913) shows a grou]) 

 of Haberlea brought from Bulgaria and ])lanted 

 one year, this their second year they have 

 flowered even more freely. They do well in any 

 cool and well-drained soil, a mixture of ])eat and 

 loam will hold moisture and suit them -well. 

 Providing they have a cool root-run there is no 

 difficulty in growing them in sunny places, bvit 



ferous plant of the habit and appearance of an 

 Iberis. In a young state the inflorescence is flat 

 like that of the Iberis, but as it grows older the 

 centre elongates so that when at its best the 

 inflorescence consists of a short crowded raceme. 

 Tlie flowers are white sviffused with lilac, and 

 though the individual flowers are small — about 

 a quarter of an inch across — they arc ])rodiiced in 

 such profusion that the plant when in full flower 

 is very attractive. The smooth si)atluilate 



Haberlea rhodopexsis at Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin. 



the flowers last longer in a half-shady ])lace. and 

 probably the flowers show better when the plants 

 are grou])ed on a rock-ledge or pocket or in an 

 oblique po.sition between stoiies. 



The white form, called IT. rliodopensis virginalis, 

 is beautiful, but still very scarce, but has rather 

 small flowers. 



Haberlea Ferdinandi-Coburgi is described in 

 some catalogues as much liner than II. rhodo- 

 l)ensis, but plants bought from nurserymen and 

 also a ])lant obtaim^d from its natural habitat. 

 Mt. Ferdinand in Bulgaria, have so far ])roved 

 to be inferior and scarcely distinguishable from 

 some of the (Hasnevin plants collected near the 

 Shipka Pass. C F. B. 



Ptilotrichum cappadocicum. 



The possessor of the above luiwieldy name is a 

 quaint and pretty compact growing little cruci- 



leaves are ciliate, while the stems are quite 

 downy. 



Saxifraga aizoides atrorubens- 



In nature this vaiiety of the well known yellow 

 flowered Sax. ai/oides is always found high u]) 

 in the mountains in dniii]) places, es])ecially 

 where water drips down among (he rocks. This 

 would tend to ]>rove that the mo.st suitable 

 jxisition for it in the rock garden is a ])artly 

 shatletl nook where the soil is always cool and 

 moisl. (iiveii such coiidilions witli a soil com- 

 ])osed of iv nuxlui-e ni' liaif loa.m and lialf ])eat it 

 grows freel\-. As the varietal ua.uu' imi)lies, it 

 bears flowers of a. (hirk red colour — rather a 

 uni(|Ue shad*' among the [{ockfoils — and thes(^ are 

 )iroduce(l ver>' much moi'e freely than, in the type. 

 Sax. aizoides auranliaca carries flowers of a clear 

 t)range colour and is al.so a very desirable 

 variety. S. R. 



