AN ALPINE ABC 



HELIANTHEMUM (3-8 in.). Various colours. 

 Plant south or south-east on a slope in sandy 

 soil and lime. Raise from seed or (more 

 easily) from cuttings. The best are Sudbury 

 Gem, Venustum plenum, Terracotta, Carneum. 



HELICHRYSUM ARENARIUM (3-4 in.). Yellow. 

 Plant south in sandy loam (no lime), and 

 increase by division. 



BELLIOIDES (3-4 in.). White. 

 HELXINE SOLIERII. 



A creeping mossy plant like Arenaria Balearica. 

 HEPATICA ANGULOSA (6-12 in.). Light blue. 

 Plant in half shade in rich porous soil. Pro- 

 pagate by root-division in spring or from seed 

 when ripe. 



TRILOBA (4-6 in.). Blue. 

 HEUCHERA (9-15 in.). Various colours. 



Plant south or south-east in good soil. The 

 best are Sanguinea, Brizoides, Lady Greenall 

 and Walker's. Tiarellaoides is also good. 

 Propagate from seed when ripe or by separat- 

 ing the crowns in the autumn. 



HORMINUM PYRENAICUM (6-12 in.). Bluish 

 purple. 



Plant between stones in good soil. Propagate 

 by division in spring or from seed. 



HOUSTONIA C^RULEA (and ALBA) (2-3 in.). 

 Blue. 



Plant in leaf-mould and loam, and protect from 

 the rain in the winter. Seed should be sown 

 every year, as it soon dies out. 



HUTCHINSIA ALPINA (2-4 in.). White. 



Plant south or south-west between rocks in 

 loam and lime. Raise from seed. 



HYPERICUM CORIS (12 in.). Yellow. 



FRAGILE (12-15 in.). Yellow. 



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