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ueaiiy ;ill the others tlieie is a great uiortaliiy, if not lifted aiiil 

 put in a J17 place. This Aietia has bright yellow flowers, and 

 will spread into patches of a foot square in light sandy soil. It 

 grows abundantly on the Eiffleberg, but at a much lower level than 

 A. glacialis. Androsace ohtusifolia, a common plant in Switzer- 

 land, is easily managed on the rockery, with a little care. The 

 Pyreneau form of A. carnea is the one most grown in gardens on 

 account of its brightly coloured flowers. It has succeeded with 

 me, in patches fully a foot across, planted in light rich soil, well 

 mixed with stones; it is, howeA'er, not often seen growing witli 

 such vigour. 



Andromce lacfea, also a free growing variety, does well in the 

 same soil as the last, not requiring to be taken into the cold 

 frame in winter. The flowers are white, upon stalks about four 

 or five inches high. The tufted forms that grow in the 

 crevices of rocks are more difficult to manage, and must be 

 jilanted between pieces of stone with rich soil, and firmly wedged 

 into their places m the rockery. Otherwise I cannot succeed 

 in growing this section long ; those I have been most successful 

 with are A. helvetica, hrigcmtica, pyreniaca, and Wulfeniana. 

 Little birds are very troublesome, as they often pull them to pieces 

 in searching for insects among the tufted leaves of the plant. 

 In any case it is always wise to preserve duplicate plants in 

 pots in a cold frame ; the greatest danger to bo dreaded in winter 

 to the plants outside is the damping off at the neck from excessive 

 moisture. In their native country these plants are kept perfectly 

 dry during Avinter, being then covered by snow, and are lying 

 in a partially dormant state, ready to start into growth the moment 

 the snow begins to melt. The most lovely Androsace I ever saw 

 growing wild was A. glacialis, on the Gooner Grat, where it 

 often spreads out on the surface of the soil to the extent of 

 more than a foot square, in a mass covered with hundreds of 

 flowers of an exquisite rose colour. This species is never seen in 

 the Alps at a lower elevation than seven or eight thousand feet ; I 

 have many times tried to cultivate it, but with very little success, 

 thuugh several more insignificant species are easily gruwn in cultivor 

 tion. A. Wul/odana, a fine species from the Tyrol, has a tufted 

 habit, and is easily managed ; but I have only had my plants during 

 this last summer, and they are looking well; the flowers are rosy 

 pink like ciliata and glacialis. A. ciliata is one of the same class 

 with a tufted habit, and grows well with the same attention in 

 planting. A. villosa is one with which I have failed, but it does 

 well with a friend of mine. 



Androsace may be propagated either by division or by seed. The 



