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latter methotl is, howover, much tlie btttur way, as you obtain more 

 vigorous and strong growing plants than by division. Division 

 should bo resorted to in the spring, when the plant is commencing 

 its growth — at other seasons it requires very great care indeed, 

 and should never be tried late in the year, as the plants will not 

 be established before winter. 



Cmiusa Matt/iioli, also a plant belonging to Primulacew, is 

 found in the Tyrol, and has a bunch of drooping flowers from the 

 top of a stem about a foot high, of a pretty purple colour. This, 

 along with C. pubens, another variety, are both easily grown in moist 

 light soil, and should be in every collection of Alpine plants. It seeds 

 freely with me, and I always find plenty of seedlings growing round 

 the parent plant without the trouble of sowing. This is a very 

 desirable plant, not often seen in gardens. 



C^'^clamens also belong to this family, and are easily grown in light 

 soil in shady places. C. EnropfBum I have seen in great profusion 

 in Switzerland, and in all the woods in the neighbourhood of Lake 

 Conio ; it is very sweet scented, and flowers in the autumn. This 

 was a plant difficult to procure from nurserymen until within the 

 last few years, as C. hedenefolium was invariably sold for it. C. Coum, 

 also a fine species which I liave never seen wild, grows well in 

 the rockery in a shady nook, and is easily multiplied by seed ; it 

 has bright rose-coloured flowers and gi-een circular leaves, without 

 any of the markings common to most other Cyclamens. C. ihericum 

 and repandum are both desirable plants, but are not so hard}' as 

 those mentioned. 



Tn't'iifah's europcea and Anagallis tfnello, both British plants, 

 should find a place in every rock garden, planted in rather moist 

 soil, where they will be found to do well. 



Soldanella also belongs to the Prininlace^e, and is considered 

 by many to be the handsomest of all Swiss plants. The species 

 are easily grown in light moist soil, but often fail to flower well. 

 (S. montaiia, which occurs in mountain woods, is the easiest to 

 grow, and generally flowers well, but all the others require a 

 damp situation and are in fact bog garden plants. Professor 

 Corevan of Geneva mentions that they may lie easily flowered by 

 watering heavily at the time the flowers begin to rise, for they all 

 set flowers freely, but generally fail to develop from want of 

 sufficient moisture. 



Duplicates in cold frames of all the rarer kinds during the winter 

 are absolutely necessary ; as even with the greatest care in plant- 

 ing and attention afterwards, plants die, either from excessive 

 moisture or some other cause. These are best potted in small pots 

 and sunk in ashes to prevent worms from intruding. As these 



