88 ALPINE PLANTS 
rockery for geums, which, by the way, are seen to best 
effect when planted in groups of not less than half a dozen, 
are the fairly broad areas of soil on flat or comparatively 
level surfaces, for although very good drought-resisting 
plants, they do not develop fully when too closely cramped 
between stones. On the Alpine bed the geums are specially 
useful. Propagation may be effected by division of roots 
during autumn or spring. Seed also germinates with ease, 
the plants flowering the second year. G. montanum and 
G. reptans are beautiful yellows, the latter being an un- 
common and very choice plant that throws out strawberry- 
like runners. G. chiloense and G. miniatum, which is 
really a variety of chilcense, are deep rich orange, G. Hel- 
dreichii being another orange-flowered variety of hybrid 
origin. G. coccineum is of geranium scarlet, its double 
flowered form being an excellent variety, but ‘ Mrs. 
Bradshaw,” a strong-growing, large-flowered, semi-double, 
has attained a foremost position as the best of the scarlets. 
Yellow and orange varieties of similar form and character 
to Mrs. Bradshaw have of late years come forward and 
attained popularity, but there are quite a number of other 
pretty varieties, descriptions of which are to be found in 
any good hardy-plant catalogue. 
GLOBULARIA.—Like double daisies, but with flowers of 
soft shades of blue, the Globularias are neat little tufted 
plants that tuck themselves into tight little nooks and 
crevices between the stones of a rockery, and in a quiet 
way make a pleasing show for two or three months during 
the middle of the summer. They are quite easy to grow, 
and may be readily increased by division, 
