PART II.] 



ALPINE FLOWERS FOR GARDENS 



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GLOBULARIA NANA (Dwarf .). 

 A dense trailing shrub, forming a 

 firm mass of thyme-like verdure, about 

 half an inch high, and dotted over 

 with compact heads of bluish-white 

 flowers, with stamens of a deeper blue 

 or mauve. The flower heads are not 

 half an inch across, and barely rise 

 above the foliage. It should be 

 planted in sandy or gritty soil, and 

 so that it may crawl some little way 

 over the face of the surrounding stones, 

 and in a very open sunny spot in such 

 a position, it will not be so liable to 

 be overrun by coarse plants. A native 

 of the Pyrenees, and increased by 

 division. There are several other 

 Globularias in cultivation : G. nudi- 

 caulis, trichosantha, and cordifolia, but 

 these are scarcely worthy of a place 

 except in large collections. 



GOODYERA PUBESCENS (Rattle- 

 snake Plantain) is a beautiful little 

 Orchid, with leaves close to the ground, 

 delicately veined with silver. It 

 thrives in any shady spot, such as 

 may be found in any good rock- 

 garden, planted in moist peaty and 

 leafy soil, with here and there a bit of 

 soft sandstone for its roots to cling 

 to and run among. It is quite hardy. 

 Native of Eastern United States. G. 

 repens and Menziesi are less desirable. 



GYPSOPHILA. Perennials and 

 annuals of the Stitchwort family. The 

 larger kinds are elegant, bearing tiny 

 white blossoms in myriads on slender 

 spreading panicles. These are mostly 

 too vigorous for our purpose, but G. 

 prostrata is a pretty species for the 

 rock-garden. It grows in spreading 

 masses, and has white or pink small 

 flowers, borne on slender stems in 

 loose graceful panicles from mid- 

 summer to September. It is a very 

 useful plant, and blooms for a long 



season. G. cerastioides grows about 

 2 inches high, and has a spreading 

 habit, bearing small clusters of 

 blossoms, which are half an inch across, 

 white with violet streaks. It is from 

 Northern India, and unlike any of 

 the group now in our gardens, being 

 dwarfer, and having larger flowers. It 

 is a rapid grower, and soon spreads 

 into a broad tuft if in good soil, and 

 in an open position on the rock- 

 garden. Increased by seeds or cut- 

 tings in spring. 



HABENARIA (Rein Orchis). Ter- 

 restrial Orchids from N. America, some 

 of which are pretty and interesting, 

 and all grow from 1 foot to 2 feet high. 

 To succeed in out-door culture, a spot 

 should be prepared with about equal 

 parts of leaf-mould, or peat, and sand, 

 with partial shade ; the soil should be 

 well mulched with leaves, grass, or 

 other material to protect the roots 

 from the heat of the sun, and to keep- 

 it moist. H. blephariglottis flowers in 

 July, in spikes, white and beautifully 

 fringed. H. ciliaris is the handsomest, 

 the flowers bright orange-yellow, with 

 a conspicuous fringe upon them. H. 

 fimbriata flowers in a long spike, lilac- 

 purple, beautifully fringed. H. psy- 

 codes, flowers purple, in spikes 4 inches 

 to 10 inches long, very handsome and 

 fragrant. They are charming plants 

 for the bog-garden, or for a quiet nook 

 with moist, peaty soil. 



HABERLEA RHODOPENSIS. 



This is a pretty little rock-plant, re- 

 sembling a Gloxinia in miniature. It 

 forms dense tufts of numerous small 

 rosettes of leaves, which somewhat 

 resemble those of the Pyrenean Ra- 

 mondia (R. pyrenaica\ each rosette 

 bearing in spring from one to five 

 slender flower-stalks, with two to four 

 blossoms each, nearly 1 inch long, of 



