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164 ALPINE FLOWERS AND ROCK GARDENS. 



Divaricata (also grown under the name of Canadensis). 

 A Canadian plant, growing about a foot high, bearing 

 lilac flowers in spring. There are several varieties of 

 this popular species, such as alha, white ; Beauty ^ 

 lavender ; Laphams Variety , bluish violet ; Perry's 

 Variety y lavender ; and Violet Queen, deep violet. 



Ovata. Evergreen foliage and purplish red flowers ; 

 height, twelve to eighteen inches ; a spring bloomer. 

 There is a variety called Caroliniana, with paler 

 flowers than the type, and a little taller. 



Pilosa. This pretty species produces its purplish 

 red flowers in early summer. It has erect stems, twelve 

 to fifteen inches high. It likes a warm spot. 



Reptans. A creeping species, and one of the most 

 useful, for it bears numbers of its purplish flowers in 

 spring, only a few inches above the ground. An 

 American species, it will thrive in almost any soil, and 

 is easily propagated. It is also grown under the name 

 of verna. 



Procumbens. A trailer, producing lilac, dark-eyed 

 flowers in great abundance in early summer. 



Setacea, This is very close to subulata, although kept 

 apart by some botanists. I deal with these as one 

 species (see below). 



Stellaria, An American trailer, producing bluish 

 white or white flowers in May, graceful and free- 

 blooming. 



Subulata (setacea). The " Moss Pink '' is the most 

 useful of all the Phloxes. It is a prostrate evergreen, 

 and covers itself with flowers in spring. It is a tufty, 

 vigorous grower, thriving in almost any soil, but liking 



