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many more. Pots or pans containing these 

 may be grouped together in an open sunny 

 spot, and plunged in sand or coal-ashes, in a 

 rough frame made for them, so that the lights 

 may be not more than 3 or 4 inches above the 

 pots. These lights should be removed in the 

 daytime when the weather is fine, and air 

 should be admitted, according to the tempera- 

 ture, at night. Such a sheet of elegant beauty, 

 lasting, if well arranged, through February, 

 March, and April, may be obtained in this way 

 that I often wonder why amateurs attempt to 

 flower early alpines in any other fashion. I 

 recommend those masses of covered pots in 

 early spring to all cultivators of alpines. 



In the following list I have made a careful 

 selection of 150 or so alpine plants suited for 

 English rockeries, from which all coarse growers 

 are excluded. 



Rock Plants suitable 



Acantholimon venustum. 

 Achillea argentea. 

 ,, . Clavennse. 

 „ rupestris. 

 ,, toiuentosa. 

 ,, umbellata. 

 JSthionema grandiflorum, and 



others. 

 Alyssum pyrenaicum. 



„ serpyllifolium. 

 Androsace carnea. 



,, Chama3jasme. 



„ lactea. 

 ,, Laggeri. 



j, lanuginosa. 

 ,, sarmentosr 



,, villosa. 

 Anemone alpina. 



„ narcissiflora. 

 ,, sulphurea. 

 ,, vernalis. 

 Anthemis Aizoon. 

 Aphyllanthes. 

 Aquilegia pyrenaica. 

 Arabis Androsace. 



„ Halleri. 

 Areuaria balearica. 

 ,, grandiflora. 

 „ laricifolia. 

 ,, purpurascens. 

 ,, tetraquetra. 

 Arnebia echioides. 

 Aster alpinus. 

 Anthyllis montana. 

 Aubrietia. 

 Bellis caerulescens. 

 Calandrinia umbellata. 

 Campanula garganica. 

 ,, isophylla. 



,, Portenschlagiana. 



,, Raineri. 



,, Waldsteiniana. 



Cyananthus lobatus. 

 Cyclamen. 

 Dianthus alpinus. 

 ,, csesius. 

 ,, deltoides. 

 „ neglectus. 

 „ sylvestris. 

 ,, viscidus. 

 ,, hybrids. 

 Draba. 



Dryas octopetala. 

 Drummondii. 



for English Gardens. 



Edraianthus dalmaticus. 

 Epilobium obcordatum. 

 Erinus alpinus. 

 Erodium macrodenum. 

 ,, petraeum. 

 „ Reichardi. 

 Erythrsea diffusa. 

 Fritillaria (dwarf kinds). 

 Geranium argenteum. 

 ,, cinereum. 

 ,, subcaulescens. 

 Geum minutum. 

 Globularia nana. 

 Gypsophila cerastioides. 



„ repens. 



Haberlea rhodopensis. 

 Helianthemum. 

 Hippocrepis comosa. 

 Houstonia. 

 Hutchinsia alpina. 

 Hypericum Coris. 



„ nummularium. 



,, reptans. 



Iberis petraea. 

 ,, Pruiti. 

 ,, rupestris. 

 , , saxatilis. 

 ,, Tenoreana, &c. 

 Leontopodium. 

 Lin aria alpina. 

 ,, anticaria. 

 ,, hepaticaefolia. 

 Linum alpinum. 

 Lithospermum fruticosum. 

 ,, Gastoni. 



,, petreeum. 



Lychnis alpina. 



„ Lagascae. 

 Micromeria piperella. 

 Myosotis rupicola. 

 Omphalodes Luciliae. 

 Onosma tauricum. 

 Oxytropis Halleri, <fec. 

 Paronychia serpyllifolia. 

 Phlox amcena. 

 ,, setacea. 

 , , stellaria, &c. 

 Polygala Chamaebuxus. 

 Potentilla nitida. 

 Pratia repens. 

 Primula Auricula. 

 „ marginata. 

 ,, viscosa, &c. 

 i Ramondia. 



Ranunculus alpestris. 



amplexicaulis. 

 anenionoidef. 

 hybridus. 

 montanus. 

 parnassifolius. 

 pyrenaeus. 

 rutsefolius. 

 Seguieri. 

 Thora. 

 Rubus arcticus. 

 Samolus repens. 

 Saponaria ocymoides. 

 Saxifraga. These should be 

 bought by sight; varieties 

 and hybrids are endless and 

 good. 

 Saxifraga arctioides. 

 ,, Burseriana. 

 , cochlearis. 

 „ Cotyledon. 

 ,, diapensoides. 

 ,, longifolia. 

 ,, marginata. 

 ,, oppositifolia. 

 ,, retusa. 

 ,, sancta, &c. 

 Scabiosa Parnassi. 

 Sedum. (See note under Saxi- 

 fraga.) 



Sedum arboreum. 

 „ Ewersii. 

 ,, populifolium. 

 ,, pulchellum, &c. 

 Sempervivum (many sorts). 

 Spiraea crispifolia. 

 ,, umbellata. 

 Thymus Serpyllum (in many 



varieties), &c. 

 Tunica Saxifraga. 

 Veronica (several dwarf shrubs 

 from New Zealand). 

 ,, aphylla. 

 ,, hybrida. 

 ,, reptans. 

 ,, saxatilis (in variety). 

 ,, spicata (true), &c. 



Additional Shrubs. 



Cytisus Ardoini. 

 Daphne Blagayana. 

 Erica carnea. 

 Genista pilosa. 

 Margyricarpus setosus. 



Annuals. 



Grammanthes gentianoides. 

 Ionopsidium acaule. 

 Leptosiphon hybridus. 



III. — The Wild Garden. 



The desire for less formality in the garden 

 has led to the introduction of features which 

 are more or less reproductions of nature's 

 methods of planting and grouping, and one of 

 the most recently-added features of this kind 

 is what is termed the "Wild Garden". Pro- 

 bably the highest form of garden-art is that 

 in which the hand of the artist is cunningly 

 veiled, the effect being quite "natural". But 

 considerable skill and knowledge are needed 

 to produce this effect. Unfortunately, too, 

 there are still many people who see no charm 

 in gardening of this kind, the trim lawn, path, 

 border, and bed being in their opinion the best 

 form of garden. Wild gardening is, however, 

 gaining in appreciation, and when it comes to 

 be properly understood it will have a place in 

 all gardens of any pretensions. 



"The term 'wild garden' is applied to the 

 placing of perfectly hardy plants in places 

 where they will take care of themselves. It 

 has nothing to do with the 'wilderness', though 

 it may be carried out in it. . . . Some have 

 thought of it as a garden allowed to run wild, 

 or with annuals sown promiscuously, whereas 

 it does not meddle with the flower-garden 

 proper at all. The idea should be kept distinct 

 from the various important phases of hardy 

 plant growth in groups, beds, and borders in 

 which good culture may produce many happy 

 effects; from the rock garden, or borders re- 

 served for choice hardy flowers; from growing 

 hardy plants of fine form; from the ordinary 



