Aubrietia colouring, such as the purple Eyrei and Campbelli, which are 



and other well worth growing. Some which are highly recommended are 



Carpet q u i te pink, Leichtlini, for instance, and should not be mixed 



Plants wl *-h the mauves. They can be grown from seed, or cuttings 



taken in April and May, or the rambling trailers can be laid in 



and covered with sandy soil. The young plants thus formed 



should be removed in the Autumn. 



Yellow Alyssum (Saxatlle] blends well with the Aubrietias 

 liking much the same sort of position, and plenty of sun. 

 It will spread over a dry bank, or grow in a wall, making 

 soft tufts of yellow beloved by the bees. It can be increased in 

 the same way as the Aubrietias. The common Arabis albida 

 must be included, and the newer double form, which is 

 invaluable for cutting and for giving a real sheet of white. 

 When it has done flowering every shoot can be struck as a 

 cutting and will be a large plant by the following Spring. All 

 these look well together if planted in sufficient quantity the 

 white, yellow, and mauve being in distinct patches, or there are 

 many plants they group well with Alyssum making a fine 

 carpet near purple Iris, or Arabis florc pleno with pink Tulips. 



The Candytufts are another useful race of white ground- 

 work plants ; Iberis corifolia, only 3 or 4 inches high, 

 and Correasfolia, about a foot high, forming an evergreen 

 tufted carpet, covered the end of May with white flowers. 

 Sempervirens the commonest of all, an evergreen perennial, 

 will grow anywhere, and is particularly useful as an edging or 

 bedding for shrubs. Semperflorens, a sweet-scented evergreen 

 shrub about 2 ft. high, is rather delicate, and needs a warm 

 sunny place if it is to justify its name. 



If one is lucky enough to be able to grow Lithospermum 



