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stay of both these plants. They will need 
abundance of water during the summer. 
ANDROSACE. There is no doubt that these 
are a very beautiful and interesting family, 
and most of them of very easy culture. A 
few of the rarer species require special soil 
and position. A. carnea and A. c¢. eximuia, 
A. ciliata, A. villosa, A. Wulfeniana, A. Vitaliana. 
The above require a south-west aspect, where 
they can be shaded from the sun during 
mid-day ; sandy loam and grit, equal parts. 
They do well planted on the flat part of the 
rockery, where the soil cannot be so easily 
washed away from the plants. A top-dressing 
of river sand may be used. In the early 
spring the plants will greatly benefit by it, 
and will seed freely, the seed germinating 
among the sand (especially carnea and 
c. extmia); quite little carpets will thus be 
formed in the course of a few years. 
A. foliosa (W. Himalayas) is a more robust 
species, requiring a well-drained position, facing 
full south, with limestone and good loam. 
A. lanuginosa (Himalayas) and A. sar- 
mentosa. These two require grit, loam, and 
sand—two parts loam, one grit, one sand— 
