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white or rose-coloured blooms in bunches, on stems some 

 six or eight inches high, are curious rather than attractive, 

 being small and woolly. It spreads rapidly, and soon 

 forms a good-sized patch. A poor, gritty soil is essential, 

 or the plant loses its compactness, and the leaves their 

 fine colouring. Increase is easily effected by dividing 

 the tufts in early autumn or in spring. Seeds, too, are 

 obtainable, and should be sown as soon as ripe, or in 

 spring in sandy soil in a frame. Antennaria dioica has 

 rose-coloured flowers, and the variety tomentosa, white 

 flowers. A. margaritacea is of more vigorous growth, 

 reaching a height of two feet or more. It is more com- 

 monly known as Anaphalis margaritacea, and is grown 

 for its white " everlasting " flowers. 



Anthemis (Chamomile). The dwarf Chamomiles, 

 having finely cut and fragrant leaves, are useful for 

 the rock garden. They belong to the Daisy family 

 (Compositae) and are native of Southern and Eastern 

 Europe. The plant known in gardens as A. Aizoon, is 

 properly Achillea ageratifolia, and is referred to under 

 Achillea. Anthemis cupaniana is a charming plant of trail- 

 ing habit. It has silvery foliage and large Ox-eye Daisy- 

 like flowers. A. macedonica, about nine inches high, has 

 pretty white flowers in June. A. montana (flowering in 

 July and August), about a foot high, has also white flowers, 

 and A. pedemontana, a choice alpine, is about six inches 

 high, having silvery leaves and white flowers in June. 

 All these can be cultivated in the ordinary soil of the 

 rockery. They like sun, and are more silvery if a little 



