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yellow flowers are not of much account and are commonly 

 picked off. Sandy soil suits them, and they may be 

 increased by seed in spring or summer or by division 

 of the plants in early September. 



Shortia. The two Shortias in cultivation (natural 

 order Diapensiaceae) are beautiful little alpines, one 



Shortia galacifolia. 



from the mountains of Carolina in North America, 

 the other from Japan. They form low, loose tufts of 

 evergreen leaves that are well coloured in the autumn 

 and winter, and in April bear very beautiful fringed 

 blossoms on stalks some four or five inches high. Those 

 of Shortia galacifolia are white, and of S. uniflora pink. 



