ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PLANTS 239 



A.purpurascens. — Grows about 6 inches high, with pale purple 

 flowers in May. 



Arctostaphylos (Ericaceae) 



Very pretty, trailing, mostly evergreen shrubs, for moist, peaty soil. 



A. alpina (Black Bearberry). — Moist, peaty loam in half shade. 

 A deciduous shrub with small-toothed leaves, white or flesh-coloured 

 flowers in terminal racemes, and bluish-black berries. A rare 

 native plant. 



A. californica. — Peaty loam and half shade. Evergreen shrub 

 of vigorous growth and trailing habit, with spatulate, leathery leaves 

 and white flowers in July and August. A useful plant for covering 

 rockwork. 



A. Uva-U7'si (Bearberry). — Almost any soil, but prefers that of a 

 peaty nature. Half shade. Dwarf, prostrate-growing shrub, with 

 dark leathery leaves and pretty rose-coloured flowers clustered at 

 extremities of the branches. Blooms in July and August, followed 

 by scarlet berries. One of the best of trailing shrubs, evergreen, 

 and of easiest culture in almost any soil. Propagated by layers. 



Arenaria (Caryophyllaceae), Sandwort 



A family giving us several very pretty species. Most are of 

 easy culture and increased by division in early spring or July and 

 August. 



A. balearica. — The only thing this plant needs is a cool and 

 shady spot ; it is indifferent as to soil. A quick-growing, diminutive 

 little plant coating the surface of rock with an emerald-green 

 mantle not a quarter of an inch high, from which in summer 

 spring countless upright, tiny, star-shaped white flowers borne on 

 thread-like stems about an inch long. The daintiest little plant 

 imaginable, which in a moist climate becomes a veritable weed. 

 But, frail as it looks, do not allow it to encroach on other diminutive 

 treasures, for it will smother them to death. 



A. caespitosa (syn. A. verna caespitosa). — A neat little plant 

 growing about 4 inches high, with very leafy stems. White flowers 

 during the early summer. 



A. gothica. — Very poor, stony soil in sun. A trailing plant with 

 dark green glossy leaves and pure white flowers. A lovely little 

 plant, which is apt to perish in any soil but the poorest and stoniest. 



A. Huteri. — Requires very sandy, light soil and sun. Only grows 

 about 3 to 4 inches high, with large white blossoms. Top dress 

 with sand and leaf-mould. A delightful little plant. 



A. laricifolia.—Uikts a high ledge in sandy loam. Dwarf- 



