250 ALPINE FLOWERS 



own Appalachian and Rocky Mountains. And the word "alpine" 

 is now so thoroughly generalized that people no longer begin it 

 with a capital, and if you wish to refer specifically to European 

 conditions you must say "the Alps." 



Common Names Scientific Names Colours Season 



Goldentuft Alyssum saxatile yellow April-May 



White rock-cress Arabis albida white April-June 



Sweet woodruff Asperula odorata white May-July 



Snow in summer Cerastium tomentosum white May-July 



Garden pinks Dianthus plumarius pink, purple, white May-July 



* Alpine forget-me-not Myosotis alpestris blue Summer 



*Kenilworth ivy Linaria Cymbalaria violet All season 



*Alpine soapwort Saponaria ocymoides red-pink All season 



Sedum Maximowiczii yellow July-Aug. 



Veronicas mixed, blue Spring to Fall 



In fact, the only useful distinction that can be made among 

 alpine plants is between those that are easy to grow and those that 

 are hard to grow. By "hard" I mean those that have to be grown 

 in a rockery, and are, therefore, only for the few who have money 

 and enthusiasm. By "easy" I mean those that any one can grow 

 in ordinary garden soil without rocks, or with such modest rock 

 work as any one can afford. 



I have already given the names of forty-six European rock 

 plants which will give us glorious mass effects in any garden, and 

 which are commonly kept in stock by American nurserymen. I 

 could easily extend the list to a hundred real English effects that 

 we can transport bodily. But that is of little importance. The 

 great fact is that many of the rock plants most treasured in England 

 are really native to America, and therefore are adapted to our climate 

 beyond the shadow of a doubt. 



No one, so far as I know, has pointed out to what extent 

 English rock gardens are indebted to America and I shall therefore 

 devote the rest of this article to American wild flowers; for no 



