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and placing in bordeis. There is F. nivalis, which and is very handsome. P.frondosa is also a charm- 

 forms dense evergreen tufte, growing two or three ing species, and hears bright rose-coloured flowers 



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inches in height, and clothes itself in April with early in the season. P. NeUoni is also white-flowered, 



^y nnre wMte flowers. It is an excellent com- and makes a dense carpet of evergreen Moss-hke 



3on to the pnrple Aubrietias. P. t<T«« flowers foliage. Then there are P. ».««^«, and sev^ of its 



^Lly in spring, producing headsof redblossoms. varieties, all of which form dwarf compact masses 



