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it is a pity it should have been bereft, for it means 

 ' beauty of the rocks.,' aptly descriptive of the manner 

 in which it spreads a grey-green tapestry over lime- 

 stone. In March and April a cloud of flowers turns the 

 tapestry into rosy-lilac. 



It would take many pages to deal fairly with the 

 Cross-bearers; I shall name but two more, which 

 unluckily have received no English names, though they 

 deserve the prettiest that could be invented for them. 

 One is JBthionema pulchellum, a shrubby little creature 

 growing perhaps nine inches high, with blue-green 

 leaves and crowded spikes of flowers delectably pink in 

 hue. The other is dfthionema coridifolium (sometimes 

 appearing in trade lists as Iberis jucunda), shorter in 

 stature and paler in colour than the other, but equally 

 desirable. All these dwarf Cross-bearers respond grate- 

 fully to as much sunshine as can be had for them in 

 the British Isles. 



