160 ALPINE PLANTS 
best, but it will spread itself over soil and stones alike, 
and cover them so closely that every little irregularity 
of contour is followed. 
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM.— This genus embraces a large 
number of interesting plants of succulent growth, pro- 
ducing for the most part blossoms of strikingly brilliant 
colours with a sheen comparable to fine satin. For hot 
dry slopes they are admirable subjects in summer, and 
some are hardy enough to withstand our average winters. 
It is, however, as particularly interesting and effective 
subjects for the alpine house they are to be most strongly 
recommended. They will thrive best potted in stiff loam, 
mortar rubble and coarse grit, propagation being by 
means of cuttings stripped off the stems or by layering 
the ripening growths into pots conveniently placed around 
the plants. 
MorIsIA HypoG#A.—A plant unlike any other, the 
Morisia is a capital subject for a position where running 
water is constantly filtering through a bed of stony, gritty 
deposits but is never stagnant. It may also be success- 
fully grown in shallow pans, if only the pans are placed 
to the rim in water for an hour at intervals of a few days, 
and then hoisted on to inverted pots to thoroughly drain 
Morisia hypogezea makes rosettes of shining green foliage 
with deeply-cut edges, the rosettes nestling close to the 
soil. The blossoms, almost stalkless, are four petalled 
and of the brightest, purest yellow. The earliest blossoms 
may appear before the end of February, and the plant 
continues to bloom until past midsummer. 
OMPHALODES LUCILIZ.—Imagine the scintillating tints 
