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prostrate. It flowers in early summer, often continuing a long 

 time ; the leaves are nearly oblong in outline, and covered with 

 short bristle-like hairs. 



Lithospermumpurpureo-caruleum, a British plant, L. Gastoni, 

 and L. canescens, are also worthy of culture in large collections. 



LOISELEURIA PEOCUMBENS. 



In a wild state on the Alps, or on mountain moors, this is a 

 wiry trailing shrub, growing quite close to the ground, the 

 plants occasionally forming a rather dense tuft, bearing small 

 reddish flowers in spring, when the snow melts. Being found 

 in the Scotch Highlands, it is usually a highly esteemed variety 

 with lovers of alpine plants, though it is not very attractive at 

 any time, so far as the bloom goes. It is very rarely seen in a 

 thriving state under cultivation, and most of the plants trans- 

 ferred from the mountains to gardens usually perish. This 

 sometimes occurs from the strongest-rooted and finest speci- 

 mens being selected for transplantation, instead of the younger 

 ones. I never saw it in such perfect health in a garden as in 

 that of the late Mr. Borrer, in Sussex, where it flourished in 

 compact masses thrice its usual size, in deep sandy peat. Its 

 true garden home is the rockwork, and it will seem well worthy 

 of a place to most lovers of rare British plants. = Azalea 

 procumbens. 



LOTUS CORNICULATXJS.— ^zy^j/"^(7/ Trefoil'. 



A WELL-KNOWN native plant, occurring in almost every lawn, 

 meadow, or pasture, forming tufts of bright yellow flowers, the 

 upper part often red on the. outside. Although such a very 

 common British plant^common also in many and distant parts 

 of the world — I do not hesitate to introduce it here, believing 

 that in many rock-gardens a place may be spared for it where 

 its fuU beauty may be seen. It is best planted so that its shoots 

 may fall in long and dense tufts over the face of rocks or stumps. 

 It varies a good deal, but the commoh, low-tufted, spreading form, 

 abundant in pastures and on sunny banks everywhere in Britain, 

 is the most ornamental. 



LYCHNIS ALPIN A.— ^/^z««Z. 



A DIMINUTIVE form of Lychnis viscaria, but in a wild state, 

 seldom rising more than a few inches high, and not viscid. In 



