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flowers. It grows quickly into tufts 3 

 inches high, and if given dressings of light, 

 gritty soil the prostrate shoots send roots 

 from the underside. 



A. CHARPENTIERI. One of the best, 

 free in flower, and of strong growth in 

 sandy soils. Rosettes of tiny, downy 

 leaves in crowded masses, and rich rosy 

 flowers hardly rising above the leaves in 

 June and July, after other kinds have 

 done flowering. Thrives best in crevices 

 of sandstone or granite rock, facing south- 

 west. Seed. Alps. 



A. CILIATA. A scarce plant from the 

 Pyrenees, growing in small, dense columns 

 of deep green leaves fringed along the 

 edges, and crowned in April and May by 

 large stemless flowers of bright rose. 

 Granite soils. 



A. CYLINDRICA. Though classed as a 

 species, this little plant is very like the 

 last, and comes from the same region. It 

 forms mossy tufts of rounded cone-like 

 columns less than an inch high, covered 

 thickly with hairs, with white flowers 

 nestling in the centre during April and 

 May. Pyrenees. 



A. FOLIOSA. One of the Himalayan 

 kinds, beautiful and of free growth when 

 well established. The leaves are not 

 crowded into rosettes, but are large upon 

 erect or trailing stems, grey with pale 

 hairs, and turning reddish-purple in the 

 autumn. The rosy-red flowers come upon 

 long stems from June to September, and 

 are large and in clusters sometimes of fifty 

 flowers, lasting for a long time in beauty. 

 It thrives in limestone soil, made light with 

 leaf mould and grit, and mixed with plenty 

 of broken fragments ; in full sun, with 

 moisture to the root in summer. 



A. GLACIALIS. In its wild state one of 

 the most beautiful, growing in loose, flat 

 tufts of branching stems clothed in downy 

 leaves, and covered during early spring 

 with flowers of pink paling to white. 

 Thrives in clefts of sandstone rock, in full 

 sun. Seeds. Alpine summits (always 

 granite) at 6000 to 9000 feet. 



A. HELVETICA. A charming plant of the 

 mossy section, growing in neat rounded 

 cushions of grey-green, hairy leaves set 

 in rosettes, and lovely white flowers with 

 a yellow eye. The flowers are so large 

 as often to overlap. Thrives in gritty 

 soil and partial shade, planted between 

 limestone rocks closely set and deeply 

 buried to secure moisture and drainage at 

 the same time. Seeds. Alps and Car- 

 pathians. 



A. HOOKERIANA. A little-known kind 

 from the Himalayas, at a height of 15,000 

 feet. Though hardy, it is apt to damp off 

 in our winters, and should be planted in 

 a mixture of peat and sand among rocks 

 sheltered from wet. It has rosettes of 

 oval, shining green leaves, and in spring 

 deep pink flowers in small clusters. 



A. IMBRICATA. Pretty in leaf and 

 flower, coming very near A . helvetica, but 

 of denser growth, leaves narrower and 

 silvery white with fine hairs, and white 

 flowers set off by a bright rosy eye. 

 Thrives in granite or sandstone grit in 

 full sun. Seeds. 



A. LACTEA. A free, strong-growing 

 plant, making rosettes of shining green 

 leaves, and in spring large white flowers 

 with a yellow centre, in broad loose clusters 

 of five or six. Easily grown in light lime- 

 stone soil, in sun or partial shade. Seeds. 

 Limestone rocks from 3000 to 4500 feet, 

 from the Cevennes through the Alps into 

 Austria. 



A. LAGGERI. With clusters of narrow- 

 pointed leaves, and flowers of bright pink 

 paling towards the centre, gathered into 

 showy little heads of six or eight. Very 

 hardy, it is one of the earliest alpine flowers 

 to open, starring the green tufts like a 

 miniature Thrift. Sandy soil in partial 

 shade, and no lime. Seeds or cuttings. 

 Pyrenees. 



A. LANUGINOSA. A lovely and distinct 

 plant with trailing silvery shoots, leaves 

 covered with silky hairs, and flower clus- 

 ters of soft rose colour. It does best in 

 warm places near the sea, planted in sunny 

 corners of the rock garden. Where the 

 soil is free and open, it thrives as a border 

 plant. It has a long season of flower, 

 even lasting into October, growing best 

 in south and west aspects, in sandy loam 

 with a generous addition of mortar rubble. 

 Cuttings 2 inches long of the unflowered 

 shoots root readily in sandy soil in July 

 and August. Seed (which ripens only in 

 good years), layers, and cuttings. A good 

 form of this is Leichtlini, with larger 

 flowers of deeper colour with a conspicu- 

 ous eye. From 7000 to 10,000 feet. 

 Himalayas. 



A. OBTUSIFOLIA. Robust and easily 

 grown, with large rosettes of spoon-shaped 

 leaves fringed by fine hairs, and short 

 downy stems carrying from one to six 

 white or rosy flowers with a yellow eye. 

 It is nearly 6 inches high, and may be 

 gathered by the handful upon the alpine 

 slopes at midsummer. With us it flowers 

 earlier, planted in peaty soil and in full 

 sun. Alps and Carpathians. 



A. pubescens. A mossy kind with 

 leaves turning red-brown in autumn. It 

 may be known by a small swelling on the 

 very short flower-stem, just below the 

 flower. These are white, rather large, 

 with a faint yellow eye, and come singly 

 just above the little cushion of hoary 

 leaves covered with star-like hairs. Of 

 easy culture in crevices of sandy soil. 

 Alps. 



A. PYRENAICA. One of the same mossy 

 group, with tiny grey rosettes in dense 

 tufts, one flower from every centre, white 

 like helvetica but less pure, not so well 

 formed, and upon short stems. It is not 



