FLORISTS' FLOWERS. 



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inches in height, and clothes itself" in April with 

 many pure white flowers. It is an excellent com- 

 panion to the purple Aubrietias. P. verna flowers 

 very early in spring, producing heads of red blossoms-. 



early in the season. F. Xelsoni is also white- flowered, 

 and makes a dense carpet of evergreen ]Moss-like 

 foliage. Then there are P. setacea, and several of its 

 varieties, all of which form dwarf compact masses 



