CRUC1FER/E 



Kerncra 



7(. saxatilis (Cochlearia sax.). A small tufted rock-plant; 

 leaves longish ovals, hairy, with or without toothed edges, 

 and gathered into large rosettes; stem slender, branching 

 in the upper part, and bearing a variable number of small, 

 pure white flowers, arranged in panicles. June-August. 

 Limestone crevices. 



At home in cracks of rocks or old walls, or any open 

 position. Easily raised from seeds, but hardly deserving 

 a place in gardens. 



Vesicaria 



Tr.: Vesicaire. 



V. utriculata: A rock plant, somewhat sub-shrubby in 

 appearance with short branches, terminated by tufts of 

 oblong leaves, covered with a flat-lying pile which thin 

 out into long petioles and form broad rosettes; flowers 

 large, of pale yellow, in an erect raceme, and followed by 

 swollen globular fruits. May-June. Fissures of limestone 

 in the lower Valais. A plant of some merit but inferior 

 to grxca. Both best raised from the seeds, which are 

 prodigally produced and easily grown in old walls, lime- 

 stone chips and any sunny dry place. 



Erysimum 



"Eng. : Hedge-mustard; Tr. : Velar; Ger. : Hederich. 



A genus containing perennials, biennials and annuals, 

 among which E. ochroleucum and pumilum are pretty, or- 

 namental plants suited for rockeries, borders and edgings 

 in formal gardens. Both do well in dry sunny positions, 

 pumilum especially requiring very gritty loam and abundance 

 of dry stone chips. Its delicate prettiness deserves a choice 



