AN ALPINE ABC 



The following are specially suited to this 

 treatment : 



All the androsaces. 



The smaller anemones, e.g. Appennina, 



Pulsatilla and Robinsoniana. 

 Many campanulas, e.g., G. F. Wilson, 



garganica, pulla and pusilla. 

 Cyananthus lobatus. 

 Cyclamen Coum and Europaeum. 

 Dianthus alpinus and neglectus. 

 Gentiana acaulis and verna. 

 Dryas lanata. 

 Erodium corsicum. 

 Fritillaria. 

 Hepatica. 

 Houstonia. 

 Hypericum reptans. 

 Iris reticulata. 

 Linum arboreum. 

 Lithospermum graminifolium. 



the requirements of each plant. It should not be 

 finely sifted, and should contain plenty of coarse 

 sand and stony material. 



The saxifrages, and, in fact, all the saxatile plants, 

 are best grown and displayed by planting among 

 comparatively large stones which are sunken deeply 

 in the pans and form a miniature rock- work on the 

 surface. Very pleasing effects may be obtained 

 by the use of weathered pieces of stone arranged 

 as a setting for the plant. 



