94 ALPINE PLANTS. 
rock plants, requiring a rather shady place. 
Plant in deep peat and loam, with a little sand 
added (the fine taken out of the loam and 
peat before mixing the sand), in a_ well- 
drained place. Just behind a _ rock over- 
looking water gives it a very good appear- 
ance. X. asphodeloides is the more hardy of 
the two, and may be more exposed. 
