Directions for Specific Culture. 
and east and from all winds, in a rocky cove with 
a rock-face behind and a rock in front, but with a 
sufficient area southwards and at least 12in. depth of 
a compost made with equal parts of rather retentive 
loam, leaf-mould, and sand, sieved free from dust and , 
intermixed with a few pieces of charcoal and of hard 
peat. In avery hard winter tie up the plant and 
cover it with bracken or with the straw cover of a 
wine bottle. Should the hard weather be followed 
by much wet, this covering must then be removed, 
lest the centre of the plant should rot. If ina very 
dry season artificial watering is necessary, it must not 
be given over the foliage, or the centre of the plant 
will rot. 
Cerastium grandiflorum (Eastern Europe). 
This plant is very useful to enliven and adorn 
any dark, dry corner of the rockery, for the bright 
silvery foliage and large pure white flowers are 
extremely effective when hanging down a crevice in 
such a situation. If given a north aspect the plant 
should occupy a well-elevated position, so that it may 
remain fairly dry during the winter. It requires poor, 
gritty soil. 
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides (Shanghai, China). 
This plant does best in a sunny position, backed 
by a large rock or wall, either on a sloping bank or 
on the flat, with a full south aspect, sheltered from the 
north wind, in deep, poor loam, sufficiently sandy to 
permit of the plant running in it. In March or April 
dead foliage may be removed. 
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