32 Alpine Plants. 
drained, in a partially shaded spot, and filled with a 
thoroughly mixed compost of leaf-mould, white sand, 
and peat in equal proportions. The plant should be 
made perfectly firm in the prepared soil, which 
should then be covered all over its surface with fine 
white sand, afterwards well watered to settle it 
thoroughly down among the shoots. In spring, 
and again in autumn, great care must be taken to 
top-dress the plant properly with sand, leaf-mould, and 
a little peat. The young shoots should first be 
spread out and pegged down, then covered to 
within 2in. or 3in. of their tips with the top-dressing, 
and finally well watered. The young roots will soon 
make headway among the newly-added soil, and 
provide for the following season’s flower. 
Cassiope tetragona (Lapland). 
Treat like Cassiope fastigiata. 
Cathcartia villosa (Sikkim Himalaya). 
Plant in a shady position where it is moist but 
not wet, facing west, on a slight slope, so that the 
rain does not lodge in the axils of the leaves in 
winter, in a well-mixed compost of one part loam to 
one of leaf-mould, together with a little rough peat 
and coarse sharp sand. In autumn, a little sharp 
sandstone grit should be strewn beneath the leaves 
around the collar of the plant, as a protection against 
winter wet and against snails. This plant must 
always be kept perfectly frm. 
Celmisia spectabilis (New Zealand). 
Plant in a well-drained place, as hot and sunny 
as possible, completely sheltered from the north 
