II0O ALPINE PLANTS 
V. cespitosa is about the same height, with short spikes 
of pink flowers, the individual blossoms being larger than 
the average. The stems and leaves are covered with 
white woolly hairs. This plant likes full sun, and must 
have thorough drainage. 
V. canescens is quite one of the daintiest plants in cul- 
tivation. It hails from New Zealand, but is an ideal 
rock plant, and is also exquisite in shallow pans, the sur- 
face of which it will completely cover. Small in growth 
as the tiny Arenaria balearica, the creeping stems snug 
so closely to the earth’s surface that to speak of stature 
is out of the question. The foliage is simply flat upon 
the soil or stone over which the plant spreads, and over 
the greyish-green carpet are strewn pale lilac or lavender- 
tinted blossoms that nestle like tinted dewdrops on the 
herbage. 
V. incana. The chief feature of attraction in this plant 
is its foliage of silvery whiteness. It grows to a height 
of 8 or g inches, and its dark blue flowers contrast prettily 
against the white leaves. 
V. repens grows quickly, thickly, and in prostrate 
form, making an emerald carpet over which pale blue 
flowers are plentifully produced. This is a good plant 
for moist shady spots and it is an excellent plan to utilize 
it in broad patches where such things as Ornithogalums, 
Anthericums, Alliums or the smaller daffodils are thinly 
planted. 
V. longifolia rosea is one of the nicest pink-flowered 
varieties. It grows a foot or rather more in height. This 
is one of the Veronicas that masquerades under several 
