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particularly the former, which is very dwarf and compact in 

 habit, and produces myriads of pale rosy flowers. G. faniculata 

 is a fine large kind for borders, banks, &c. All the kinds are 

 easily grown in any soil. 



HEDYSARtTM QS&CXi-BXiSilL.— Creeping-rooted H. 



A HANDSOME, creeping, vetch-like plant, with beautiful large 

 purplish-violet flowers in long spikes, and leaves composed of 

 seven to nine pairs of leaflets, the stipules united and opposite 

 the leaves. From six to twelve inches high and sometimes 

 more in rich soil. Readily increased by division or seeds, grows 

 freely in ordinary garden soil on level ground, and is a valuable 

 rock or border plant. A native of the Alps of Dauphiny and 

 the Tyrol. Cultivated in our gardens more than two hundred 

 years ago, but now rarely seen there, though not difficult to 

 obtain. 



HELIANTHEMUM 'FO'BM.OS'U'iS..— Beautiful Sufirose. 



A SHRUBBY kind, but sufficiently dwarf for cultivation on the 

 warmer and rougher slopes of rockwork, with downy and hoary 

 leaves and shoots, and large handsome yellow flowers with a 

 dark spot in the lower part of each petal, produced in summer. 

 It is somewhat tender if planted in wet ground, but will flourish 

 in calcareous or dry soil in thoroughly drained fissures in dry 

 and sheltered parts of rockwork, where its distinct, abundant, 

 and beautiful inflorescence will well repay the tasteful planter. 

 A native of Portugal ; increased by seed or cuttings. = Cistus 

 formosus. 



HELIANTHEMUM OCYMOIDES.— .5^z7-/z/J« Sunrose. 



A NATIVE of dry rocky hills- in Spain and Portugal, with bright 

 yeUow purple-eyed flowers nearly an inch and a half across, and 

 hoary opposite leaves an inch to an inch and a half long, narrow, 

 and pointed. Like H.formosum, this will be found very useful 

 on the warmer and drier parts of rockwork, among the stronger 

 alpine shrubs and choice herbaceous plants. Increased by seed 

 or cuttings. = Cistus algarvensis. 



