144 ALPINE FLOWERS. Part II. 



Apart from the large and fine Anemone japonica and its 

 varieties, the white one of which, knowfl as Honorine Jobert, is 

 the best, there are a few dwarf Anemones in the country 

 unworthy of cultivation, insufficiently distinct, or difficult to 

 obtain, and of the last class probably A. Halleri, A. patens, 

 and A. baldensis are the best. But it is believed that the 

 cream of the obtainable species is included in the foregoing. 



ANTENNARIA HIOICA^— Mountain Catsfoot. 



A LITTLE creeping perennial with leaves of a silvery grey tone, 

 flower-stems from two to four or five inches high, bearing four to 

 six flower-heads close together at the apex of the shoot. The 

 flowers are usually whitish with pink florets in the centre, but 

 in the variety best worth growing the flower-heads throughout 

 are of a pleasing subdued rose or dull crimson colour. No alpine 

 plant is more worthy of cultivation, whether for rockwork, pots, 

 the front margin of the mixed border, or as an edging plant 

 to nursery beds of bulbs or alpine flowers. In the last-named 

 position or on rockwork it forms neat close-spreading tufls, 

 dotted, over with singularly pretty everlasting flowers in May, 

 and seems to thrive in the low open border on good soil near 

 London, as well as in more elevated and favourable parts. It is 

 perfectly hardy, and may be increased to any extent by division. 

 It is widely distributed over elevated and northern regions, and 

 is abundant in many parts of Britain. A. dioica minima is a 

 name given to a very small variety of the preceding ; it is ad- 

 mirable for culture in pans, on open spots on rockwork, or in 

 spreading. tufts on the margin of the select mixed border, the 

 contrast between the warmly toned flowers and the little carpet 

 of grey leaves being very pleasing. A. hyperborea is a variety 

 of A. dioica, with, both sides of the leaves woolly. From this 

 cause it is better adapted for edgings than A. dioica, but as we 

 have better silvery edgings than either of them, it is not likely 

 to be much employed except for variety's sake. 



ANTENNARIA TOMENTOSA.— AVw^j Catsfoot. 

 This is the best of all dwarf silvery-leaved plants for gardening 

 •purposes. It is very dwarf and spreading, scarcely rising above 

 the ground, but forms a dense carpet of Uttle flat spreading silvery 

 leaves, and will prove a gem for those who wish for novelty and 



