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white. The acaena is a pretty thing for sunny po- 

 sitions, with bronzy evergreen foliage and showy crim- 

 son spines. In shady spots the ajuga and the al- 

 chemilla may be planted and sweet alyssnm will be 

 at home anywhere that the sun can warm and wel- 

 come it. 



The aubretia — false wall cress — is another pretty 

 dwarf rock plant with silvery green foliage and 

 bright, reddish-crimson flowers in spring. The callir- 

 hoe is a showy trailing plant with finely divided 

 foliage and showy, saucer-shaped flowers of bright, 

 rosy crimson which cover the plants throughout the 

 summer. The English daisy, Bellis perennis, is espe- 

 cially suitable for sunny edges and for growing on the 

 less pretentious mounds of stone. The draba is an- 

 other dwarf-growing rock plant with white flowers 

 and the Epimediums (Barren-wort, Bishop's Hat), 

 also dwarf, have interesting leathery foliage that 

 turns to beautiful tints of color in autumn and shows 

 a greater range of color than most rock plants ; crim- 

 son and yellow of the Epimedium alpinum, the rosy 

 red of Epimedium musschlanum, a pure white, yellow 

 and rich violet of violaeea. Then there is the fern 

 family with many interesting members, not the least 

 interesting of which are the English ferns, Scolopen- 

 driums in variety, the maiden hair ferns, the Asplen- 

 iums, with their odd criss-crossed pinnea, and all the 

 well-known native ferns of the local woodland which 



