ANDEOSACE 



PRIMROSE ORDER 



ANDBOSACE 623 



A. hookeriana. — A native of the Swiss 

 Alps with slender running stems or stolons 

 bearing tufts or rosettes of stiff flattish 

 blunt-tipped leaves, shiny above, some- 

 times hairy on the margins. The pretty 

 pink flowers appear m summer and are 

 borne in loose umbels on stalks about 3 in. 

 high. 



Culture dc. as above. This species 

 grows in sandy loam and peat in the 

 chinks and crevices of the rockery. 



A. lactea {A. pauciflora). — A free- 

 growing Austrian and Pyrenean kind 

 2-4 in. high. Leaves linear or nearly so, 

 bright green, arranged in rosettes, some- 

 times scattered along the branches, and 

 often fringed with short hairs, becoming 

 deep red when old. Flowers in June, 

 large, pure white with a yellow throat and 

 heart-shaped petals, in vunbels on long 

 graceful stalks. 



Culture and Propagation. — This 

 prefers somewhat chalky soil in the 

 rockery with an eastern or western 

 aspect. It is best increased from seeds, 

 but may also be divided carefuUy. 



A. Lagged. — A beautiful species 

 about 3 in. high, native of the Pyrenees. 

 It resembles A. carnea but is not quite 

 so hardy. Leaves in tiny rosettes, awl- 

 shaped, sharply pointed, deep green. 

 Flowers in March, pink, at first sessile, 

 the stem afterwards becoming 2-3 in. long, 

 and bearing a tuft or dense umbel of 

 stalked flowers. 



Cultwre and, Propagation. — Bequires 

 shady positions in the rookery, as it 

 suffers somewhat from exposure to the 

 glaring sun. It likes sandy loam and 

 peat, and may be increased by. seeds or 

 cuttings, the latter rooting freely in sandy 

 soil under a handlight or cold frame during 

 the summer months. 



A. lanuginosa. — A charming and 

 distinct Himalayan species easily recog- 

 nised by its long spreading stems 6-9 in. 

 long, which drape the face of the rocks. 

 Leaves about 1 in. long, clothed with 

 shiny silken hairs. Flowers, about ^ in. 

 across, in umbels from June to October, 

 delicate rose, with a small yellow centre. 



Culture and Propagation. — On ledges 

 in the rockery in sandy loam and peat in 

 warm sheltered spots, so that its shoots 

 may spread over the face of the rock. It 

 may be increased by seeds or cuttings like 

 A. Laggeri. Grown in bold masses it 



makes a very fine picture in the rockery 

 when covered with blossom. 



A. macrantha. — A very distinct species 

 native of Armenia. It is closely related 

 to A. septentrionalis, and forms large 

 rosettes of leaves which are slightly horned 

 at the tips. During the smnmer months 

 it produces rather stout spikes of pure 

 white flowers with great fireedom. 



Culture dc. as above. This species is 

 not yet well known. It is a vigorous 

 grower, and floiu'ishes in sandy loam and 

 peat or leaf soil, in the rockery. 



A. obtusifolia (A. a/retioides). — A 

 native of the Alps closely related to 

 A. ChamcBJasme, and 2-6 in. high with 

 downy stems. Leaves in rather large 

 rosettes, lance-shaped or somewhat spoon- 

 shaped, smooth, 5-6 in an umbel. Flowers 

 in spring or early summer, white or rose, 

 with a yellow eye. 



Culture dc. as above. It requires 

 practically the same treatment as A. 

 Chamarjasme. 



A. pubescens. — A pretty little Alpine 

 and Pyrenean species about 2 in. high, 

 recognised by the small swelling on the 

 stem close to the flower. Leaves in 

 crowded rosettes, oblong ovate, or spoon- 

 shaped, cUiated, clothed with whitish hairs. 

 Flowers in June, white with a faint yellow 

 centre, numerous, solitary at the ends of 

 the short branches. 



Culture dc. as above. Sandy loam 

 and peat in sunny chinks of the rockery. 



A. pyrenaica. — A tiny Pyrenean spe- 

 cies often less than 1 in. high. Leaves 

 narrowly oblong, ciliated, downy, keeled 

 behind, recurved, and forming dense 

 cushion-like tufts. Flowers in summer, 

 white with a yellow eye, on stalks about 

 J in. high. 



Culture dc. as above. This species 

 flourishes in deep sandy loam and peat 

 between pieces of stone in fissures of the 

 rockery or on httle mounds of stone. 



A. rotundifolia macrocalyx. — A soft 

 hairy Himalayan perennial with radical 

 leaves 1-2 in. across, roundish heart- 

 shaped, lobulate, stalked. Flowers in 

 June, rosy, on slender scapes, numerous. 

 Calyx ^-f in. across, longer than the 

 corolla. 



Culture dc. as above. Warm positions 

 in deep san4y loam and peat in the 

 rockery. 



