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ANDROMEDA ANDEOSACB. 



borders of silvery peat in moist dis- 

 tricts. Cuttings, careful division, or 

 seed. 



Andromeda hypnoides (Mossy Andro- 

 meda). Cassiope hypnoides. A minute, 

 spreading, moss-like shrub, with wiry, 

 much divided branches, 1 to 4 in. 

 high. Flowers, in summer; white, 

 5-cleft, with reddish calyces, droop- 

 ing, on slender reddish flower-stems, 

 one on each. Leaves, bright green, 

 flat and needle-like. N. Europe and 

 N. America. On rockwork, in ele- 

 vated, cool and moist districts, in 

 sandy or gritty, moist, but well- drained 

 peat, freely exposed to the sun and 

 air, but kept thoroughly moist in dry 

 weather. Seed or cuttings. As yet 

 very rarely grown or increased in this 

 country. 



Andromeda tetragona (Square-stem- 

 med A.) Cassiope tetragona. A neat 

 and diminutive shrub, rarely growing 

 more than 6 to 12 in. high. Flowers, 

 in spring ; white, bell-shaped, some- 

 what contracted near the mouth, and 

 resembling those of the lily of the 

 valley ; they are produced singly, but 

 rather freely. Leaves, opposite, imbri- 

 cated, in four rows, the margins rolled 

 back, minutely ciliated, blunt. N. 



Europe and America. Rockwork, 



or margins of beds of choice dwarf 

 shrubs, in fine and moist sandy peat. 

 Division, wherever it grows freely. 



Androsace carnea (Rose-coloured A.) 

 A brilliant little evergreen alpine 

 plant, distinguished from its fellows 

 Dy its small pointed leaves not being 

 produced in rosettes, but regularly 

 clothing a somewhat elongated stem, 

 3 in. high, flowers, in early spring ; 

 of a lively pink or rose, with a yellow 

 eye, produced in umbels of from 3 to 

 7, on hairy stalks. Leaves, awl-shaped, 

 smooth. Summits of the Alps and 



Pyrenees, in exposed positions. 



It succeeds on rockwork, and should 

 have a mixture of sandy loam and peat 



at least a foot deep, so that the roots 

 may descend and be less likely to 

 suffer from vicissitudes. Thorough 

 watering should be given in the dry 

 season. Seed, sown as soon as gathered, 

 or careful division in early spring. 



Androsace Chamaejasme (Rock Jas- 

 mine). A beautiful alpine plant, 2 to 

 5 in. high. Flowers, in early summer ; 

 white at first, with a yellow eye, 

 which eventually changes to deep 

 crimson, the outer part becoming a 

 delicate rose ; in umbels, borne on 

 stout little stems ; divisions of calyx 

 linear -lanceolate. Leaves, fleshy, lance- 

 shaped, acute, attenuated towards 

 the base, and arranged in large 

 rosettes, not forming dense cushions 

 as the other kinds often do, but often 

 a little distance from each other. 

 Plant covered with long spreading 



hairs. Tyrolese and Swiss Alps. 



Rockwork, in deep and well-drained 

 rich light loam, the surface to be 

 covered with pieces of broken rock or 

 stone, to prevent evaporation and to 

 preserve the plant from injury. It 

 may also be grown in pots plunged in 

 sand in an exposed position. Division 

 or seed. 



Androsace ciliata (Ciliated A.} A 

 very handsome species, forming dense 

 cushions, 2 or 3 in. high. Flowers, 

 in early summer; pink or rose- 

 coloured, with crimson throat, rising 

 a little above the leaves ; divisions of 

 calyx 5, lanceolate-linear acute, pubes- 

 cent. Leaves, lanceolate-oblong, smooth 

 on both sides, and fringed with hairs 

 on the edges, imbricated or overlap- 

 ping each other, but not so closely set 

 as to give the stem a columnar or 



cylindrical appearance. Pyrenees. 



On fully exposed parts of the rock- 

 garden, in gritty or sandy soil, deep 

 and moist. Division and seed. 



Androsace cylindrica (St. Bertrand 

 A.) A very rare kind, confined to 

 one locality, where it is found grow- 



