CHOICE PLANTS FOR ROCK GARDENS rar 
plant pot. The flower stalks stand about 6 inches high, 
several rising from one rosette, and the blossoms are 
proportionately larger than those of lactiflora. This, too, 
may be easily raised from seed, and in addition to making 
a good plant for a fair sized group in the garden, it is a 
first-rate subject for pot culture. A. alpina is one of the 
rarities of the family, and to ensure its success it should 
be given a partially shaded position, with some fibrous 
peat and an abundance of grit, sand, or limestone rubble 
in the compost. <A. arachnoidea, a white-flowering 
species, requires similar conditions, and A. pyrenaica is 
another. 
One of the most popular members of the family is A. 
lanuginosa. Its umbels of rosy-pink flowers issuing from 
rosettes of silky foliage, on the ends of long, wiry stems, 
present a most delightful appearance. This is one of 
the plants that will benefit immensely from annual 
mulchings of gritty compost. There are several other 
Androsaces of much beauty, but the selection here men- 
tioned will at any rate provide a very good start for the 
average garden. 
ANEMONE.—Were my whole garden overhung by trees, 
casting their long shadows across the earth, I still would 
rejoice that I might grow Anemones of a hundred sorts, 
giving me a riot of colour embracing pale, bright, and deep 
blues, purples and mauves, flesh pinks, cherry reds and 
blazing scarlets, with whites to foil the dazzling colours, and 
yellows to add a further striking contrast. The first 
flowers of the year might be in time to nod to the fading 
snowdrops, and I would have Anemones all the way, 
