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in July arise countless slender 6-inch stems, 

 bearing a cloud of dainty deep pink flowers, 

 each with a dark crimson ring near the 

 centre. Easily increased by seeds or division. 

 Besides a white variety there is a brilliant 

 form called superbus, with flowers of an 

 intense fiery crimson. 



Gentiana acaulis (The Gentianella). 

 This glorious alpine forms clumps of close 

 leathery evergreen leaves, from which spring, 

 almost stemless, great trumpets of dazzling 



which are balanced, on slender stems, large 

 satiny blossoms of soft warm rose exquisitely 

 veined with deeper red. It is easy on almost 

 any soil, in full sun, and readily increased by 

 division or seed. 



Gypsophila repens rosea. A good trailer 

 for festooning down rock faces and steep 

 slopes of the rock garden. It is a rapid 

 grower, forms a thick, fleshy root, and soon 

 covers a yard of ground with its perfectly 

 prostrate stems and narrow glaucous leaves. 



The brilliant blue Gentianella (Gentiana acaulis . 



azure blue. It is easy and hardy, enjoying 

 stiff loam, but in a few gardens fortunately 

 the exception rather than the rule it is a shy 

 flowerer. The plant should be lifted and 

 divided every four or five years, and division 

 is the easiest means of increase. Seed may 

 also be sown in the open as soon as ripe, but 

 division is the more satisfactory way. 



Geranium sanguineum Lancastriense. 

 Another charming native for the rock garden. 

 It may be called a creeping variety, hugging 

 the ground closely, slowly forming compact 

 mats of foliage 2 or 3 inches high, Just above 



In midsummer come the heads of small softest 

 rose-coloured flowers, borne on myriads of 

 slender stems rising 4 or 5 inches in height. 

 The plant is completely hidden when the 

 flowers are full out. It is an easy plant, only 

 demanding deep soil and fullest sun. The 

 type plant has white flowers, but the rosy 

 variety is prettier. 



Helianthemum (Sun Rose). There are 

 many species and varieties of Sun Rose. 

 For first choice for the rock garden I recom- 

 mend one of the many pretty varieties of the 

 common Helianthemum vulgare. They form 



