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ALPINE FLOWERS FOR GARDENS 



[PART II. 



two stems spring up here and there 

 all over the meadows, and if it were 

 an English flower, it might be called 

 the Lady of the Meadows. It is easy 

 of culture on ordinary soils. Slight 

 shelter would prove beneficial, and 

 that may readily be afforded by 

 planting it among dwarf shrubs near 

 the rock-garden. It will be found to 

 flourish in British as well as in Alpine 

 grass, and is easily increased by 

 division or by seeds. Syn., Czackia 

 Liliastrum. 



PARNASSIA (Grans of Parnassus). 

 Mountain pasture and moor peren- 

 nials, pretty for the bog-garden or for 

 moist spots in the rock-garden, and 

 not difficult to grow in moist peaty 

 soil. 



Farnassia palustris. 



Parnassia Caroliniana(C'aro^a Grassof 

 Parnassus). A native of North America, 

 chiefly in mountainous places, on wet 

 banks, and in damp soil. This is much 

 larger than our Parnassia, the stem reach- 

 ing from 1 to nearly 2 feet high, the flowers 

 from 1 inch to l inches across, the leaves 

 thick and leathery. It is a good plant, 

 succeeding in deep moist soil, and flower- 

 ing in autumn. P. asarifolia, a native 

 of high mountains in Virginia and North 

 Carolina, does not differ much from this, 

 but has the leaves rounded and kidney- 

 shaped, with larger flowers, and requires 

 much the same treatment. Seed or divi- 

 sion. 



P. palustris (Grass of Parnassus). A 



well-known native mountain plant, with 

 white flowers 1 inch or more in diameter, 

 growing naturally in bogs, moist heaths, 

 and high wet pastures. Thrives in moist 

 spots in or near the rock-garden, and may 

 also be grown in pots placed half-way in 

 any fountain or other basin devoted to 

 aquatic plants. Plants or seeds may be 

 easily obtained ; seeds should be sown in 

 moist spots as soon as gathered. 



PAROCHETUS (Shamrock Pea). 

 P. communis is a beautiful little 

 creeping perennial, with Clover-like 

 leaves, 2 to 3 inches high, bearing in 

 spring Pea-shaped blossoms of a fine 

 blue. It is of easy culture in warm 

 positions on the rock-garden, and 

 where the climate is too cold to grow 

 it in the open air it may be grown in 

 a cold frame. Division or seed. 

 Nepaul. 



PARONYCHIA. Small - growing 

 creeping plants of slight value. P. 

 serpyllifolia, on account of its dense 

 turfy growth, might be made use of 

 for clothing any dry bank where little 

 else would thrive, or for covering any 

 bare space in the rock-garden. 



PASSERINA NIVALIS (Sparrow- 

 wort). An interesting dwarf Alpine 

 plant, nearly allied to the Daphne. 

 It grows to about 1 foot in height, and 

 bears Mezereiwn-like blossoms. It is 

 found at high elevations on the 

 Pyrenees. 



PELARGONIUM ENDLICHER- 

 IANUM. This is interesting as the 

 only species that comes so far north as 

 Asia Minor, is hardy and handsome, 

 with rose-coloured flowers, boldly 

 upheld on stems about 18 inches 

 high, the two upper petals being 

 very large. I first saw it in the 

 Jardin des Plantes, at Paris, where it 

 had remained several severe winters 



