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ARABIS AR ALIA. 



early summer ; variously coloured, 

 single or double ; spurs incurved ; 

 stem leafy, many-flowered. Leaves, 

 biternate, nearly smooth. A. Fervain- 

 eana is a variety with variegated or 

 mottled leaves ; and there are many 

 other forms. A native of Britain and 



most parts of Europe and Japan. 



Borders, margins of shrubberies, and 

 naturalization in ordinary soil. Seed 

 or division. 



Arabia albida (White RocTc Cress). 

 A dwarf free-flowering tufted ever- 

 green herb, very common in gardens, 

 6 to 9 in. high. Flowers, in favour- 

 able seasons, soon after Christmas, 

 continuing in bloom till March, April, 

 or May; pure white, in terminal 

 racemes ; petals two or three times 

 larger than calyx ; stalks longer than 

 calyx. Leaves, hoary, few-toothed ; 

 of root obovate-oblong, of stem heart- 

 shaped, clasping. Tauria and Cau- 

 casus. Rockwork, borders, on bare 



banks, or naturalized in rocky or stony 

 places. The variegated forms are 

 often used as edging plants. In 

 ordinary soil. Seed, cuttings, or divi- 

 sion. 



Arabis Androsace (Rosette A.) A 

 neat species, growing in very dense 

 tufts, and resembling an Androsace ; 

 about 2 in. high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 white, with ovate petals 2^ times 

 longer than the calyx, in corymbose 

 racemes. Leaves, small, entire; those 

 of the root linear-oblong, or lanceolate- 

 obtuse, in compact rosettes ; those of 

 the stem sessile, linear, or linear- 

 ovate, sometimes feebly toothed. 

 Pods erect, about in. long, com- 

 pressed, attenuated at the end into 

 the short style ; seeds wingless. Asia 

 Minor on Mt. Taurus, at an elevation 



of 7500 ft. to 8000 ft. Rockwork, 



or margin of the mixed border, in 

 sandy or calcareous soil, and asso- 

 ciated with dwarf and compact 

 alpine plants. Seed and division. 



Arabis blepharophylla (Rosy Rock 

 Cress). Like the White Rock Cress in 

 leaves and habit, but with very showy 

 rosy purple bloom ; 3 to 4 in. high. 

 Flowers, in early summer ; rosy-purple, 

 petals roundish, narrowing to the 

 base, with slender claws. Leaves, 

 naked, except the margins, which are 

 fringed with very stiff hairs ; root- 

 leaves spoon - shaped, stem - leaves 



oblong, stalkless. California. The 



rock-garden or the raised border, in 

 sandy loam ; as it often perishes in 

 winter, the plant should be raised 

 annually and put out in spring. 



Arabis lucida (Shining -leaved A.) 

 A dwarf, shining-leaved evergreen 

 herb, 4 to 6 in.. high % Flowers, in 

 summer; white, in terminal corymbs; 

 petals entire, narrowed at the base, 

 twice as long as the calyx. Leaves, 

 clasping the stem, obovate, thickish. 

 There is a variegated variety which is 

 extensively used as a winter edging 



plant. Hungary. The green form 



is not at all ornamental, but the 

 variegated one is worthy of a place 

 among silvery -leaved and variegated 

 plants, in moist and very sandy loam. 

 Division. 



Arabis procurrens (Spreading A.) 

 A creeping, tufted, evergreen herb, 

 with shining leaves, 3 to 6 in. high. 

 Flowers, in summer, densely pro- 

 duced ; white, not ornamental ; petals 

 double the length of the calyx ; 

 the limb obovate or wedge - shaped. 

 Leaves, smooth, ovate, quite entire, 

 those of root narrowing into the stalk ; 

 stem-leaves stalkless, pointed. Hun- 

 gary. Rough parts of rockwork, or 



on bare banks, in any soil. There is a 

 brilliant variegated variety which is 

 useful as an edging, or for association 

 with variegated plants. Division and 

 seed. 



Aralia edulis (Edible A.) A stately 

 herbaceous plant, 4 to 6 ft. high. 

 Flowers, in summer; numerous, 



