I30 ALPINE FLOWERS. Part 11. 



ANDEOSACE CUiiM.MZhSM.-E,.— Rock Jasmine. 



This does not nestle into close moss-like cushions, like the Hel- 

 vetian and other Androsaces, the foliage forming large rosettes 

 of fringed leaves. The blooms are borne on stout little stems 

 frequently not more than one inch high, but varying from that 

 to five, according to the vigour of the plants and the position in 

 which they grow. They are white at first, with . a yellow 

 eye, though this eventually changes to deep crimson, the 

 outer part becoming a delicate rose. These changes may not 

 be common to all the individuals of the species, but I "have 

 observed them in many specimens. When in good health, it 

 flowers abundantly, 'is one of the most worthy of culture of all 

 alpine plants, and one of the easiest to grow on an open spot on 

 rockwork, in deep and well-drained rich light loam, the surface 

 being nearly covered with small pieces of broken rock, to prevent 

 evaporation, and also to preserve the plant from injury. It 

 should get abundance of water in summer, be exposed to the 

 full sun, and be preserved from being overrun by weeds or 

 grazed down by slugs. A native of the Tyrolese and Swiss 

 Alps, where it flowers later than in our gardens. In England it 

 blooms in April, May, and June, earlier or later according to 

 the season, is propagated by division, and may be grown very 

 well in pots along with the rarer Saxifrages, &c., plunged in 

 sand or coal-ashes. 



ANDEOSACE HELVETICA.— ^''ZJ/zjj A. 



Forms dense cushions, about half an inch high, of diminutive 

 ciliated leaves, tightly packed in little rosettes. Each rosette 

 rests on the summit of a little column of old and dead, but 

 hidden half-dried and persistent leaves. A white flower, with 

 a yellowish eye, rises from every tiny rosette, each flower 

 being almost twice as large as the rosette of leaves from 

 which it has arisen, and resting immediately on the httle mass 

 of glaucous green, the effect being quite charming. Looked 

 at from the height of a man, the leaves are not distinctly 

 seen, the flowers quite so ; and thus the effect is somewhat as if 

 you were looking from a considerable height down on some 

 grey bush, with very large flowers and diminutive foliage almost 

 indistinguishable in consequence of the distance. Requires 



