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it is a pity it should have been bereft, for it means 

 ' beauty of the rocks,' aptly descriptive of the manner 

 in which it spreads a grey-green tapestry over lime- 

 stone. In March and April a cloud of flowers turns the 

 tapestry into rosy -lilac. 



It would take many pages to deal fairly with the 

 Cross-bearers; I shall name but two more, which 

 unluckily have received no English names, though they 

 deserve the prettiest that could be invented for them. 

 One is jEthionema pulchellum, a shrubby little creature 

 growing perhaps nine inches high, with blue-green 

 leaves and crowded spikes of flowers delectably pink in 

 hue. The other is ^thionema coridifolium (sometimes 

 appearing in trade lists as Iberia Jucunda), shorter in 

 stature and paler in colour than the other, but equally 

 desirable. All these dwarf Cross-bearers respond grate- 

 fully to as much sunshine as can be had for them in 

 the British Isles. 



