248 ALPINE FLOWERS. Part II. 



I have never seen this plant perfectly grown except in. Mr. 

 Peek's garden, at Wimbledon, where it flourishes as freely as in 

 its native woods, in a bed of deep sandy peat fully exposed to 

 the sun. Few plants are more worthy of being established in a 

 deep bed of moist peat in some part of the rock-garden, where 

 its distinct habit will prove attractive at all seasons. It is 

 apparently difficult to increase, and as yet exceedingly rare in 

 this country. In attempting its culture the chief point is the 

 selection of sound well-rooted plants to begin with ; small speci- 

 mens may retain their verdure after the root has perished, 

 and thus often deceive. Should fresh spores be obtained, it 

 would be a good plan to sow them in some moist spot in a half- 

 shady position, the soil being made level and firm, and surfaced 

 with a little silver sand. 



LYSIMAOHIA. NTTMMULARIA.— Cr«^/z«^ Jenny. 



Were I deterred from including plants here by reason' of their 

 commonness, this would not be mentioned, but as the Daisy has 

 a place, Creeping Jenny, which gracefully suspends its drooping 

 shoots with bright yellow flowers, as thickly strung as beads, 

 from the little window gardens of thousands of poor city dwellers, 

 must not be omitted. Were it a new plant, and not one found 

 mantling over the ditch side in various parts of England, we 

 should probably think it not too dear at half a guinea a root, as 

 there is no hardy flower more suitable for any position in which 

 long-drooping flower-laden shoots are desired, whether on points 

 of the rockwork, or rootwork, or in rustic vases, or rapidly sloping 

 banks. Creepers and trailers we have in abundance, but few 

 which. flower so profusely as this. Grows in any soil ; in that 

 which is moist and deep, the shoots will attain a length of nearly 

 three feet, flowering the whole of their extent. Rarely or never 

 seeds, but is as easily increased by division as the common 

 Twitch, flowering in early summer and often throughout the 

 season, especially in the case of young plants. There is a pretty 

 variety with variegated leaves. 



MAZUS -£-Ul&-aSLO.— Dwarf M. 



A DISTINCT little New Zealander, vigorous in habit and creep- 

 ing underground, so as rapidly to form wide and dense tufts, 

 yet rarely reaching more than half an inch in height. The 



