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ALPINE FLOWERS TO RAISE FROM SEEDS continued. 



t Indicates plants of comparatively slow or very slow growth ; they are grown in flower-pots until 

 large enough for permanent planting. 



* Seedlings marked thus are of free growth, and are permanently planted in September of the same 

 year in which seed is sown. 



FIFTY GOOD ROCKERY PLANTS. 



Those who wish to make a wider selection 

 than that offered by the preceding list will 

 find that many most useful and showy 

 kinds are referred to in the following notes. 



Achillea (Milfoil). The low-growing 

 Milfoils are useful rock plants, generally with 

 silvery foliage and heads of small flowers. 

 They delight in dry soil and a sunny position, 

 and are easily raised from seeds or increased 

 by division. The best for the rockery are : 

 argentea, white, leaves silvery, April to 



June ; Huteri, white, leaves almost white, 

 May to July ; rupestris, white, green leaves, 

 May to July ; serbica, white, leaves silvery, 

 June to July ; tomentosa. yellow, woolly 

 leaves, May and June ; and umbellate, 

 white, silvery leaves, June to September. 

 All grow about 6 inches high. 



yEthionema (Lebanon Candytuft.) 

 Neat rock plants with flowers like those of 

 the Candytufts, and generally with silvery or 

 glaucous leaves. They like sun and a dry 

 soil, and mostly prefer a little lime in the 



