No. 568. 
SILENE ACAULIS, 
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Class, Order, 
DECANDRIA TRIGYNTA. 
This minute but very pleasing plant is a 
native of mountains in different parts of 
Europe: it is cultivated in a garden with- 
out any difficulty, and is suitable for adorn- 
ing an artificial rock, or equally well 
adapted for a small pot, which it will cover 
with its closely-matted tuft. In the spring, 
and sometimes again in the autumn, it is or- 
namented with its beautiful blossoms. 
performed in ate the soil should be good 
fresh loam 
