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ably none have been tried in American gardens. The 

 following are most likely to succeed : A. alpina, two or 

 three inches high, with very crowded, tongue-shaped leaves 

 in rosettes. Flowers numerous, from the axils of the leaves, 

 rosy-purple. On moist, mossy rocks near water, rooting in 

 crevices. A. earned, leaves awl-shaped, forming tufts or 

 cushions three inches high ; flowers rose-colored, umbellate 

 on short peduncles. In crevices of rocks. Pretty. A. 

 Laggeri, leaves small, awl-shaped, flowers terminal, rose- 

 colored, very numerous in spring. In crevices of moist and 

 shady rocks. A. lanuginosa, foliage covered with silken 

 hairs ; flower rose, with a yellow eye, umbellate, on scapes 

 five or six inches high. Summer. In the crevices of sunny 

 rocks. A very beautiful species. 



Shooting Star, Dodecafheon Meadia. A well-known, 

 beautiful woodland plant grow- 

 ing in half-shady positions in 

 rich soil. Leaves six inches 

 or more, oblong or spade-like, 

 in rosettes. Scape commonly 

 a foot high, bearing an umbel 

 of pretty large, rosy -purple or 

 white flowers in early summer. 

 D. integrifolium is a smaller, 

 not less desirable species. 

 There are also some well- 

 marked varieties of the com- 

 mon shooting star. For 

 planting in moist and half-shady 

 positions in a rockery or in patches in grassy shrubberies or 

 thickets. 



FIQ. 147. SHOOTING STAR (DODECATHEON 

 MEADIA). 



