146 ALPINE PLANTS 
G. verum, the cheese rennet used for curdling milk, has 
yellow flowers, as also has G. cruciatum, whilst boreale is 
white, and rubrum is a brownish red of quite a pleasing 
character. The Galiums require to be planted in fair- 
sized masses to produce a satisfying effect, but the ground 
between the plants may very well be planted with Fritillarias, 
Scillas, or Dodecatheons, thus adding to the interest of the 
patch. 
GAZANIA.—The Gazanias, like the Mesembryanthemums, 
are so brilliant in colour and strikingly effective that 
although-it is only in specially favoured localities and on 
very well-drained soils that they may be depended upon 
to survive the winter in the open, I cannot omit them 
on account of their exceptional merits as subjects for pot 
culture for the alpine house. Dwarf in stature, with 
emerald-green leaves edged with silver and gold, and with 
a white tomentum covering the reverse of the leaves, the 
Gazanias produce blossoms of a size remarkable for so 
dwarf a plant. The predominant colour is vivid orange, 
but the daisy-shaped blossoms are handsomely marked, 
G. splendens having a zone of glossy black, with eye-like 
spots of pure white surrounding the disc. G. pavonia 
has white, green, and chocolate markings in the centre 
of the flowers, and the plants continue to bloom for a very 
prolonged season. 
They may be easily propagated from cuttings taken 
during early autumn, using liberal quantities of sand 
in the compost. Where a stock is grown in pots it is well 
worth while propagating some for planting in the rock 
garden in spring, for even one season’s flowering amply 
