Gardening for Amateurs 



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An Alpine Primrose (Primula marginata). 



Alpine Flowers for the (Bold Greenhouse 



THE cultivation of Alpine plants in 

 flower-pots or pans is an attractive 

 and inexpensive form of gardening, 

 and one that is made possible by the 

 small amount of accommodation required. 

 Anyone with a small garden may^ grow 

 Alpines in this manner, and the com- 

 moner and more showy kinds are quite 

 easy of cultivation. During the greater 

 part of the year they can be grown in 

 cold frames, where the pots should be 

 plunged to the rim in ashes, to keep them 

 cool and moist. 

 With the advan- 

 tage of an un- 

 heated green- 

 house for the 

 plants when they 

 are coming into 

 flower, one can 

 enjoy their full 

 beauty despite 

 the inclement 

 weather usually 

 experienced out- 

 side during the 

 spring months. 

 Such a house 

 may be kept 



A charming potful of Arenaria. 



attractive by means of a succession of 

 plants brought in from frames from the 

 middle of December to the end of June. 

 Frames are advantageous, in that they can 

 be covered up in very bad weather, but 

 many of the Saxifrages, Sempervivums, and 

 other hardy plants may be plunged in ashes 

 in any warm sheltered corner. 



How to Grow Them. Although many 

 Alpine plants from the higher elevations 

 require special treatment in order to grow 

 them successfully, a great number are easily 

 accommodated 

 and will flourish 

 freely in gritty 

 or well - drained 

 porous soil. 

 Some, like many 

 of the Semper- 

 v i v u m s and 

 Primulas, when 

 potted up in 

 suitable soil, 

 need little atten- 

 tion besides 

 watering for two 

 years or more. 

 Pans or dwarf 

 pots are most 



