46 ALPINE PLANTS 
take a hint from this that when transplanting pieces of an 
old plant that has spread itself by means of straggling bare 
stems, as is often found to be the case with Aubrietias, 
Dianthus, the alpine Phloxes, or Veronicas, instead of merely 
burying the roots and leaving the untidy barren stems to 
spread around, gather the tufted growths of young foliage 
together, and so plant that they only are left uncovered by 
soil. Thus we may secure a neat patch that will soon be 
nourished by an entriely new 
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straggly in growth, it is well to 
mulch it, packing loose gritty 
soil and stone chippings around 
and between the growths. The 
plants will be found to take on 
: a new lease of healthy vigorous 
wun life after such mulching. 
Plants of rosetted growth, 
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PLANTED BETWEEN Rocks. Such as the Sempervivums, the 
larger encrusted Saxifragas, and 
in fact practically all plants that can be separated to 
single crowns or growths with roots attached, are best 
dotted singly over a patch of soil or along a crevice be- 
tween stones for by this means every single crown gets 
room for full development. Bulbous and tuberous rooted 
plants should for the most part be planted three or 
four inches deep, but rhizomatous roots, such as _ Irises, 
should not be buried, their crowns being left just visible 
on the surface of the soil. 


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