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but much less stout (see Fig. 5) ; the little leaves, too, are 

 frosted somewhat in the way of many of the saxifrages. It is 

 next to impossible to describe this pretty shrub; fortunately, 

 the cut will convey a proper idea at a glance. All who possess- 

 more select collections of hardy plants and shrubs should not 

 fail to include this ; it is fit for any collection of fifty choice 

 species. 



I struggled long before finding out the right treatment, as 

 presumably I now have, yet it is very simple, in fact, only such 

 as many other plants should have ; but, unlike them, A. tetragona 

 will take no alternative ; it must have partial shade, sandy peat 

 or leaf soil, and be planted in a moist or semi-bog situation. On 

 the raised parts of rockwork it became burnt up ; planted in 

 loam, though light, it was dormant as a stone ; in pots, it 

 withered at the tips; but, with the above treatment, I have 

 flowers and numerous branchlets. Many little schemes may be 

 improvised for the accommodation of this and similar subjects. 

 Something of the bog character would appear to be the difficulty 

 here ; a miniature one may be made in less than half an hour. 

 Next the walk dig a hole 18in. all ways, fill in with sandy peat, 

 make it firm ; so form the surface of the walk that the water 

 from it will eddy or turn in. In a week it will have settled ; 

 do not fill it up, but leave it dished and put in the plant. 

 Gentians, pyrolas, calthas, and even the bog pimpernel I have 

 long grown so. 



A. tetragona can be propagated by division of the roots, but 

 such division should not be attempted with other than a per- 

 fectly healthy plant. It should be done in spring, just as it 

 begins to push, which may be readily seen by the bright green 

 tips of the branchlets ; and it is desirable, when replanting, to 

 put the parts a little deeper, so as to cover the dead but per- 

 sistent leaves about the bottoms of the stems which occur on 

 the parts four or more years old. After a year, when so planted, 

 1 have found good roots emitted from these parts, and, doubtless, 

 such deeper planting will, in some way, meet its requirements, 

 as in this respect they are provided for in its habitats by the 

 annual and heavy fall of leaves from other trees which shade it. 



Flowering period, April and May. 



Anemone Alpina. 



ALPINE WINDFLOWER; 'Nat. Ord. RANTJNCULACE^E. 

 FROM Austria, the foliage closely resembling that of A. 

 sulphurea, but the flowers are larger and of various colours. It 

 is said to be the parent of A. sulphurea. 

 It flowers in June. See A. sulphurea. 



