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character to these named. The species is a native of central 

 and southern Europe. 



C. pulla ( Violet C.) — The bkie form of C. picmila, which this 

 resembles in habit and is related to, is often confounded with 

 it, but it is quite distinct from any of its near relatives. It is a 

 dwarf tufted plant, rarely exceeding 6 inches high, having egg- 

 shaped, slightly-toothed leaves. The flower-stems are erect, 

 unbranched, and terminate in a solitary dark-blue flower, open- 

 ing in June and July. Native of mountain pastures in south- 

 eastern Germany. It is very generally grown in pots, and is 

 adapted only for that method of culture or rockwork. It 

 appears to be particularly averse to the dryness consequent on 

 the evaporation that takes place from the surface of beds and 

 borders that are well kept, and this seems to be the principal 

 reason why it succeeds so ill when it is planted on flat dressed 

 surfaces; and mountain-pasture plants generally suffer more or 

 less from the same cause. A few stones placed about the plant 

 on the surface of the ground obviates this evil much, preventing 

 as they do to a considerable extent excessive evaporation, and 

 the fluctuations of temperature consequent thereon. The plant 

 is, however, a very rare one, and, except where it is plentiful, it 

 should not be risked out in borders, but be kept in pots or on 

 rockwork, where other similarly fastidious subjects may have a 

 corner devoted to themselves. 



C. pumila {Diuarf C.) — Not the very smallest of Ca7?i- 

 pafiulas, yet amongst the smallest. It is one of the com- 

 monest, especially as regards the w^hite variety, being often 

 seen in cottage and other gardens where herbaceous plants are 

 allowed to hold a, place. It forms flat carpet-like masses of 

 bright-green, small, broadly egg-shaped, or roundish-toothed 

 leaves. The flowers are very numerous, in short racemes ; the 

 floAver-stalks long and slender, and one flower to each stalk. 

 Although one of the tiniest of flowering plants, it succeeds in 

 almost any kind of soil, rich or poor, wet or dry, and in any 

 situation, and if treated as recommended for the Carpathian 

 C, it flowers as continuously and as long as that species. 



C. pusilla {Diminutive C) — This is even a smaller plant in 

 all its parts than the last, in height rarely exceeding 4 inches. 

 The leaves are roundish, heart-shaped, smooth, shining green, 

 and toothed. The flowers are pale blue, in few -flowered 

 racemes, and appear in June and July. Suitable only for rock- 

 work decoration. Native of Switzerland. Moist, very gritty 

 loam is the most congenial soil to it. 



C. rapunculoides {Creeping C.) grows to the height of about 

 3j^ feet in cultivation, with simple erect stems, terminating in 



