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ALPINE FLOWERS FOR GARDENS 



[PART II. 



warmer climate than Britain for their 

 fullest beauty, and in our land requiring 

 the warmest positions and light well- 

 drained soils. The grassy leaves appear 

 in spring with or before the Crocus- 

 like flowers, which are white or rose- 

 pink, and, for the most part, handsome. 

 Zephyranthes require rest during 

 winter, and at that season are best 

 kept dry. In spring they should be 



summer. Dotted over a turf formed of 

 some carpet-plant like the Lawn-Pearl wort, 

 it is seen to great advantage when its 

 great bell-like flower opens. Division of 

 established tufts. 



Zephyranthes carinata. This lovely 

 plant has narrow leaves, and its flower- 

 stem, which is about 6 inches high, bears a 

 rosy flower, 2 or 3 inches long. It thrives 

 in the open border if kept dry in winter 

 in light sandy loam. 



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Zenob'a speciosa pulverulenta. 



planted out in the full sun in very 

 sandy soil. 



Zephyranthes atamasco (Atamasco 

 Lily). A beautiful, lily-like plant, bearing 

 handsome white flowers tinged with purple, 

 3^ inches across, on stems from 6 to 

 12 inches high. Although growing 

 abundantly in North America, this fine 

 plant is too rare in our gardens, where it 

 is well worthy of culture, thriving in light, 

 rich, sandy soil, and flowering in early 



ZIETENIA. Z. lavandulcefolia is a 

 dwarf, creeping, half-shrubby perennial 

 of a grayish hue, 6 to 12 inches high, 

 with purple flowers in summer, borne 

 in whorls, forming a spike about 

 6 inches long, with a slender 

 downy stalk. Suitable for the rougher 

 parts of the rock-garden. Division. 

 Caucasus. 





