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Gardening for Amateurs 



Daisy-like flowers, suitable for any sunny May ; and Sturii, 4 inches, white, April to 

 rockery. They need light soil ; a little lime May. 

 is desirable, since it improves the colour of 

 the leaves. They are increased by cuttings, 

 division and seeds. Good sorts are Anthemis 



aizoon, white, and montana, silvery grey 

 leaves and white flowers. 



Arenaria (Sandwort). Low - growing, 

 creeping or trailing plants with white flowers. 

 Arenaria balearica is a splendid carpeter for 

 moist stones or crevices between rocks, 

 which it covers with the finest leaf tracery 



Aquilegia (Columbine). Many of the and tiny blooms, while montana, of trailing 

 Columbines are good rock plants, but the growth, has lovely large white flowers in 



profusion. They 

 are increased by 

 division or seeds, 

 and prefer partial 

 shade. A selec- 

 tion includes : 

 balearica, 1 \ inch, 

 white, May and 

 June ; caespitosa 

 and its variety 

 aurea, 3 inches, 

 white, April to 

 July ; grandiflora, 

 trailer, white, 

 and montana, 

 trailer, white, 

 June and July. 



A r m e r i a 

 (Thrift), Ar- 

 merias are best 

 known through 

 varieties of the 

 native Sea Thrift 

 or Sea Pink (Ar- 

 meria maritima). 



They are easily grown in common soil on the 

 rockery (with the exception of caespitosa, 

 which likes a dry crevice or moraine), and 

 are increased by seeds or division. Useful 

 sorts are : caespitosa, 4 inches, rose, June ; 

 cephalotes, 12 inches, crimson or white, 

 May to August ; maritima alba, white, 

 June ; laucheana, 6 inches, rosy - crimson, 

 June ; plantaginea, 12 inches, rose or white, 

 May to July ; and setacea, 6 inches, pink, 

 May and June. 



Artemisia (Wormwood). The Worm- 

 woods are pretty silvery-foliaged plants, but 

 the flowers are of no account. They are 

 raised from seeds or cuttings and like a 

 sunny place and dry soil. A. Baumgartenii, 

 6 inches, silvery leaves, and stelleriana, 12 

 inches, white leaves, are among the best. 

 Asperula (Woodruff). Everyone knows 



The double-flowered "Wood Anemone. 



following are the choicest ; they need a 

 rather cool position and loamy soil, and 

 propagation is by seeds : Aquilegia alpina, 

 12 inches, blue and white ; caerulea, 18 

 inches, blue and white ; glandulosa, 8 inches, 

 blue ; pyrenaica, 12 inches, blue and white ; 

 Stuarti, 12 inches, blue and white. 



Arabis (Rock Cress). Everybody knows 

 the common white Arabis, which gives sheets 

 of white flowers in spring, the double variety 

 of the latter being an extremely popular 

 plant. A few others are worth growing on 

 the rockery ; all thrive in common soil, in 

 sun or partial shade. They are increased by 

 seeds, division or cuttings. In addition to 

 the single and double white Arabis albida, 

 there are : Allioni, 6 inches, white, April to 

 June ; aubrietioides, trailer, pink, April and 

 May ; Halleri, 6 inches, white, April and 



