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The Best Plants 



found a good method of planting. For the rest, small 

 bits of plants will suffice. Fig. 25 represents bold and 

 effective stone steps without vegetation. The sub- 

 jects suitable are very few, and in the following list 

 only the dwarfest plants have been selected. Those 

 marked by an asterisk?, thus (*), have low, spreading 

 carpets of leaves. 



•Acaena microphylla 

 ♦Antennaria tomentosa 

 *Arenaria balearica (beside 



steps) 

 Aubrietia tauricola 

 Campanula muralis 



,, pasilla and alba 



,, puUa 



Dianthus squarrosus 

 Draba aizoides 

 Erinus, in variety (in steps) 

 •Helxine Solierolii 

 Hutchinsia (Noccsea) alpina 



♦Leptinella scariosa 

 Linaria pilosa (steps) 



'Mentha Requieni (a gem) 

 Myosotis rupicola 

 Oxalis acetosella 

 Saxifraga aizoon, vars. 



muscoides, vars. 



•Sedum corsicum 



* ,, bispanicum glaucum 



•Sibthorpia europaea 



*Thymus lanuginosus 



« ,, serpyllum cocci- 

 neum 



