DECEMBER 13, 1919.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
297 
THE ALPINE GARDEN. 
MERTENSIA. 
ertensias belong to the Borage family 
abou 
n 
much habit, 
inches 
rioides 
ew в ago 
the gonna eras in our ga ege ns were mo: 
EC ican origin, ic. Ec then three or four 
roduced from the 
These are Eg of dwarf habit and 
subjects for the rock gar a а 
ecies have 
ле н 
excellen 
good йад SE increased by of 
Eon or seed. The foll owing pit аи the 
est species in gs 
vM. ECHIOIDE is for 
plant dwarf habi A Bat Did constitution 
forming tufts of dark-green foliage and bearing, 
during the spring, long, nodding race D ue 
дү оп stems about six „inches i e 
bardc har 
A LONGATA.— Abo from the Himalayas, 
fee Ne is ht taller growth 
a n scr flower of a Ge ntian-blue colour. M. 
were “intro duced 
К S 
at t = » Ха сеп ханд 
М. M.  alpina).— 
PRE Tittle ЖОШ. from the p Uird gree nce 
of North-western America. The stems are from 
ix to ten inches high, clothed with bluish-green 
leaves, and they bear drooping, terminal clusters 
f ric mye Sowers in spring and early summer 
M. MA (Oyster Plant). beauti- 
ful Morten sia is illustrated in Fig. 140. is a 
pleut: usually found growing on the sea 
from W No c 
native 
shore, ales to the th of Scotland, and 
more sparingly on the east oasts is pro 
bably one of the most widely distributed species, 
being found over the North o Europe, Northern 
Asia, as well as Arctic North ap ca. The 
rootstock is fleshy, dark brown stoloni- 
ferous, producin any prostrate cien fronr one 
These are sth d e 
dens, glaucous and bear, on 
erminal branches, Mont: dichotomous cymes ре 
кы in July. The blo s n pink and 
change to a beautiful light blue with a The 
plant should be grown in deep, g! avelly soil in 
sition on the north side of a stone Slugs 
are very fond of "this plant, and many 
failures to establish it are due to these 8 
Ыы OBLO —This. > dwarf species 
North with 
inches ния and produ ree 2 dies 
flow in June and July. 
of bright t blue 
M. ULOID cho йде; little 
fundi. due tufts ої Pain, 
lon 
, moist. 
r flowers but is not 
such sé free gro 
M. молдого —Тһе Virginian Cowslip, 
also e [. virg sus produces 
drooping pede of purple- lee flowers on stems 
two Де «ын igh. The plant is a native of North 
Am 
M. SIBIRICA.— The flow of this species 
range in colour from purple- blue to ‘rosy-pink 
an id, white. It is found both in Siberia and 
North America. W. I. 
NTILLA NITIDA. 
alpine which ae ies dis- 
the: cultivator because of shy- 
POTE 
A CHARMING 
appoints 
Fic, 140.—MERTENSIA MARITIMA; FLOWERS PINK, CHANGING TO LIGHT BLUE. 
flowering is P. nitida, a true gem for the rockery 
ай ow garden, and a dainty plant | in every 
re: t. lt forms a sma 
em canine cut leaves of a silvery y-grey 
gis n to the touch. Ov 
of so tw 
me two to tires inches ve the 
cis ged but енче t which are 
either дес rose, тей or whit s the case 
m 
Any these varietal forms may be pro 
cured with grin certainty that it will afford 
p — even if it should fail to flower—which 
en the case. 
inde аза nitida to flower—and to 
uld be, the ambition 
ultivator 
ng flowers. The 
be applied in autumn or in early spring. The 
situation for planting should je carefully selected, 
a sunny one being the best. 
BRYANTHUS ERECTUS. 
I nave never had this bras p dwarf shrub 
o fine as it was this y In a little me 
whence I cull the йе анн ion regardin 
arent: it is state а nd пе plant Mr in 
in fell бый їп 
the А $ Heath-like 
shrub, growing from six in io abes ost a foot 
high. The dark stems are we pcs Heath-like 
lovely clusters of 
foliage and surmounted by 
ost 90x ver 
age 
pink, Kalmia. like flowers, which alm 
the „plant, It is Bee ured in Paxton’s 
Vol. I. t 
d raised m see ы te бм. 
anir of оте ick k 
Nurseries, Edi 
Lema ое 
istus. Menziesia 
уудан taxifolius and, well 
Rhododendron Chamaecistus d Rhodothamms 
stus synonymous. Mr. Fraser adds 
‘the pest ct of referring it to th 
Bryanthus) is therefor 
ig ppm. the Menziesias which 
nearly allied, and with which it } 
characters іп common.’ do not think the 
cee ars to the now чы Menziesias or 
is as Mr. Fraser 
Dahoro so apparent 
sid: 
BUT нак peat is recommended for this 
Bryanthus, it is not necessary, and with me it 
thrives in a friable, rather light loam, in a half- 
A situation in a low bed at the north base of 
ock garden 
too many oi them there sp 
rule, less aggressive in their ways than a 
y number of other a. dir. gas there 
is an ample choice of eas ha 
gro 60 t 
even v ore SERIN: can Aa ight him- 
self with the possessio of at least a few of these 
charming flowers w ithout the fear of losing 
thes xcept throu 
cde ca idee oce or misfortune. 
ho d Campanul: 
he less fas 
t is a lovely pee but rarely s 
extensive colle d The plants dislike of 
lime is not bontly well known and a 
calcareo dine medium is probably 
sponsible for many failures. Another cause of 
failure is excessively пе = C. Allionii is at 
a cli ank, d 
ett 
he stated that seedlings of C. A ii had come 
his arden, wher were thriving 
in the moraine. This will be to many who 
ve had А. hair ulty in кус дя the Pokat 
who never raised rei ngs without 
1a 
and 
considerable "trouble: It is not e verpra; 
Campanula Allionii. From the lid ttle Sion with 
its narrow silky grey foliage, are produced up- 
right din on z violet- heim of wonderful size for 
such a pla S. Arn 
