CHAPTER XIV. 



Selections. 



I. — Sixty Good Plants with which to Start a 

 Collection of Alpines. 



The beginner in rock-gardening has been advised in 

 a previous chapter to turn his attention to certain 

 free-growing, easily-managed yet beautiful kinds in 

 the first place, and introduce the rarer, more difficult 

 and more precious species when he has gained know- 

 ledge. The following are sixty of the best kinds with 

 which to make a start. They will all thrive in gritty 

 loam. Full descriptions of them have been given : 

 Alyssum saxatile (Gold Dust) Campanula carpatica 



Anemone fulgens 

 ,, Pulsatilla 

 Antennaria tomentosa 

 Aquilegia alpina 

 Arahis alhida flore pleno 

 (Double Rock Cress or Moun- 

 tain Snow) 

 Arenaria Balearica 

 Arnebia echioides 

 Auhrietia LeichiUnii 

 „ Dr. Mules 

 Fire King 

 Prichard's Ai 



„ -alba 

 garganica 

 muralis 

 pulla 



rotundifolia 

 Cerastium Biebersteinii (Snow 



in-Summer) 

 Corydalis nobilis 

 Dianthus caesius 

 „ cruentus 

 „ deltoides 

 ,, superbus 

 Erigeron Roylei 



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