32 ALPINE PLANTS. 
plants when well grown, but one does not 
eiten see them in the’ rock garden:'>;No 
doubt they are often lost during the winter. 
A nice dry situation south-east should be 
chosen ; compost, leaf-mould and sand, with a 
little grit and rough loam added (when I say 
rough loam, I mean the loam should be put 
through a sieve, all the fine taken away, 
and nothing but what remains in the riddle 
used). Rare Alpines are often put into the 
ground without the slightest regard as to 
aspect or compost. No doubt this accounts 
for so many of the rare Alpines being lost. 
If established plants are procured from a 
trustworthy nursery, the soil they are grown in 
should be a good guide as to what they 
require, although at all times this is not prac- 
ticable, as sometimes the plants get over- 
turned in transit, and other soil is added to 
fill the pot. Great judgment is required in 
the first instance in planting all rare Alpines. 
They do remarkably well between stones on 
the top of a knoll. 
DAPHNE BLAGAYANA (Eastern Europe). 
This beautiful prostrate species requires very 
