ALPINE FLOWERS 



state, has a crude and violent colour, and our rich estate owners 

 have already made the mistake of painting whole hillsides with it, 

 when they could just as well have used white, lavender, and other 

 refined varieties of it. So, too, the wild bleeding heart is a never- 

 ending marvel, because of its exquisite foliage and profuse bloom 

 from May to September; but every time you look at its colour 

 you sigh and turn away. 



However, we need not be discouraged about the American 

 element in rock gardening for many reasons. 



AMERICAN EFFECTS IN THE ROCKERY 



In the first place, we have at least a hundred wild flowers that 

 we may have to grow on rockeries which are among the world's great 

 treasures. Here again, the flowers are not always native to rocks, 

 yet in every case there is some reason why we cannot expect large, 

 permanent results from them in ordinary garden conditions. 

 Most of them you can grow in woods, if you are fortunate enough 

 to own any; but how many of us do? A thousand can afford a 

 rockery for one who can have a bit of woods. 



Common Names 

 Pyxie 



Shooting Star 

 Wild red columbine 

 Virginia bluebells 

 Shortia 

 Indian pink 

 Lance-leaved sabbatia 

 Bunchberry 

 Twin flower 

 Cardinal flower 

 Butterfly weed 

 Fringed gentian 



Scientific Names 

 Pyxidanthera barbulata 

 Dodecatheon Meadia 

 Aquilegia Canadensis 

 Mertensia Virginica 

 Shortia galacifolia 

 Spigelia Marilandica 

 Sabbatia lanceolata 

 Cornus Canadensis 

 Linnnta borealis 

 Lobelia cardinalis 

 Asdepias tuberosa 

 Gentiana crinita 



This is certainly a superb list enough to inspire any one to 

 build a rockery where these treasures may flourish for years. 



