338 ANAGALLIS. THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. ANDROSACE. 



Increase by seeds, or cuttings of the 

 shoots in spring. Bignonia order. 

 Himalayas. 



ANAGALLIS (Pimpernel) .Pretty 

 half-hardy annuals of the Primrose 

 family. The best known is the Italian 

 Pimpernel (A. Monelli), with large 

 blossoms, deep blue shaded with rose. 

 There are several varieties rubra, 

 grandiflora, Wilmoreana, bright blue- 

 purple, yellow eye ; Phillipsi, deep 

 blue, rose-coloured centre ; Breweri, 

 intense blue ; linifolia, fine blue, very 

 dwarf ; and sanguined, bright ruby 

 all flowering from July to September. 

 The Indian Pimpernel ( A . indica] has 

 small, bright blue flowers. Pimpernels 

 grow well in ordinary garden soil, and 

 are used with good effect in borders or 

 edgings to beds. The pretty little bog 

 Pimpernel (A. tenella) is a native 

 creeping plant, with slender stems and 

 myriads of tiny pink flowers. A. 

 grandiflora I find one of the best annual 

 flowers. 



ANCHUSA (Alkanet}. Stout her- 

 baceous and biennial plants of the 

 Forget-me-not family ; some worth 

 growing, amongst the best being A. 

 italica, which is vigorous, 3 to 4 feet 

 high, with beautiful blue blossoms. 



Androsace sarmentosa. 



The Dropmore variety is a valuable 

 plant, and there are several other 



forms, 2 feet high, with flowers of 

 rich violet. A. capensis has large, 

 bright blue flowers, rather tender ; it 

 should be planted in a sheltered, well- 

 drained border. Opal, of sky-blue 

 tone, is equally valuable. In planting 

 these two should be kept well apart. 

 These italica forms of Anchusa do not 

 come true from seeds, and should be 

 increased periodically by means of 

 root cuttings. Root- pieces, 12 inches 

 long, are ample, and inserted in boxes 

 of sandy soil soon make growth. The 

 work may be done almost any time 

 from September to March. With 

 growth made, the young plants may 

 be potted for a time and put out in 

 permanent positions in early spring. 

 A. sempervirens is a British perennial, 

 1 1 to 2 feet high, with blue flowers, 

 worth a place in the wild garden. 

 Seeds or division. 



ANDROMEDA. Handsome dwarf 

 hardy shrubs of the Heath family, 

 thriving in peaty soils. Various shrubs 

 usually called Andromedas in gardens 

 belong to other genera, and there is 

 only one true species of Andromeda 

 known, viz., A. pplifolia (Moorwort) , 

 a native of Britain and N. Europe, 

 growing from about 6 to 18 inches high, 

 and bearing purplish- red flowers from 

 May to September. It is best grouped 

 in peat beds or in the bog garden. For 

 allied plants usually known as Andro- 

 meda see Cassandra, Cassiope, Leuco- 

 thoe, Lyonia, Oxydendrum, Pieris, and 

 Zenobia. 



ANDROSACE. Alpine plants of 

 great beauty, belonging to the. Primrose 

 order. Other families, like Primroses 

 and Hairbells, come down to the hill- 

 pastures, the sea-rocks, or the sunny 

 heaths, but these are more alpine than 

 the Gentians, and as they are, among 

 flowering plants, those most confined 

 to the snowy peaks, so they are the 

 dwarfest of this class. Here they must 

 endure intense cold, which would 

 destroy all shrub or tree life exposed 

 to it. And here in spring they flower. 

 Androsaces in cultivation enjoy small 

 fissures between stones, firmly packed 

 with pure sandy peat, or very sandy 

 or gritty loam, not less than 15 inches 

 deep. They should be so placed that 

 no wet can gather or lie about them, 

 and so planted in between stones that, 

 once well rooted into the deep earth 

 all the better if mingled with pieces of 

 broken sandstone they never suffer 

 from drought. It is easy to arrange 

 rocks and soils so that, once the mass 



