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ALPINE FLOWERS FOR GARDI \ 



[PART IT. 



Wahlenbergia dinancus. It i& one of 

 the smallest, and more compact than the 

 robust W. dalmaticut. The flowers are 

 nearly as large, of a more purplish shade 

 of colour, more bell-shaped in form, singly, 

 or two or three on a stem. The leaves are 

 very small and narrow, covered with very 

 minute hairs on the upper surface. May 

 and June. 



W. pumilio. A very small kind, the 

 flowers solitary and I inch in length, and 

 about of an inch in diameter, of a 

 bright purplish blue. The upper surface 

 of the leaves is covered with minute 

 hairs to such an extent as to have <|uitfc 

 a silvery appearance, which in all pLmt -. 

 as a general rule, is a sure indication of 

 the requirement of a sunny position. 

 But though the plant itself grows best 

 when its foliage is moderately dry, its 

 roots, though well drained, should never 

 want for moisture. 



W. Kitaibeli is a robust kind. It is a 

 native of Bosnia, and growing about 6 

 inches high, the flowers large, purplish 

 blue. 



W. serpyllifoliu*. A gem for the rock- 

 garden, and, planted sideways into an 

 upright fissure, does remarkably welL 

 The flowers are very much like those of 

 W.jniiVMlw, but of a deeper bluish shade. 



tainous districts bordering on the Adriatic 

 from Trieste to Montenegro. 



WALDSTEINI A FRAGARIOIDES 

 (Strwberry Waldsteinia).h. showy 

 plant from North America, with creep- 

 ing bright-red, hainr stem*, growing 

 about 6 inches high, bearing in summer 

 bright-yellow blooms about | inch 

 across, and thriving in ordinary soils. 



Waldsteinia trifolk (Thra-Luwed W.). 



-A dwarf 



plant, spreading afcmt 



tvunrot 



with stout stubby strawberry-like runner*. 

 The trifoliate and rich yellow flowers in 

 April, on dwarf stems, with a dense brush 

 of golden stamens in the centre, A hard v 

 plant, good lor any kind of rock or wall 



lor any k 

 Dfffata. 



WULFENIA W. carinfhuua is a 

 dwarf, almost ftemlet*, evergreen herb, 



12 to 18 inches high, hearing in 

 summer spikes of drooping purplMi- 

 blue flowers, and found only on on- 

 or two mountains in Carinthia. It. j- 

 a |)knt for rock-gardens or b.: 

 thriving in a light moist sandy loam. 

 W. Amhergtiana fr.;m the Him;:. 

 is similar to the Gj.rint.hian sp 

 but more showy and rare, and we 

 seen it only in Kew Garden- Jt i~ 

 liardy, grows freely in any position in 

 the rock-garden, but ^refers a hliady 

 spot and light rich soil. 



XEROPHYLLUM ASPHODE 

 LOIDES (Turk*-,?*- \ A 



tuberous-rooted plant with th<- 

 of an A'sphodd. Ijeautiful, forming a 

 spreading tuft of grassy leaveh 

 bearing on a flower-stem, from "2 \>> ^ 

 feet high, a raceme of numerous white 

 blossoms. It grows well in a moi-t 

 sandy peaty border, or in the drier 

 parts of the bog-garden. A common 

 plant in the J J ine barrens in North 

 America. 



YUCCA f.Mam'i NvAlt). - 

 green plants of good and distinct form, 

 which, although used much as lawn- 

 plants, are best for the rock 

 dry banks, coming as they 'do from 

 and and sandy regions in North 

 America. 



Their varieties really hardy in our 

 climate are Y. ylrriow.. >, fita- 



mentota, flaecida. In damp J'/.-aJJt.ie- 

 Yucca* are apt to form uoft growths, 

 eaailv pulped by severe frost* Planted 

 on dry mounds, or in sand and stone*, 

 and lime rubble, or among sheltered 

 rocks by the sea, they are quite at 

 home, and flower well Stervat 

 the best treatment for them, e*jx 

 in cold inland places, 



In the rock-garden the best way is 

 to keep to the dwarfer free-flowering 

 kind*, which bare the merit also of 



