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FLORA AND SYLVA, 



may raise and name their own fancies, 

 it is impossible to trace every Aubretia 

 now named and grown, but the follow- 

 ing list includes the best known of wild 

 and garden kinds alike : — 



A. antilibani. — A kind with small flowers, 

 the whitest of the group. A native of the 

 mountains of Lebanon ; of little garden value. 



A. Beauty of Baden. — A fine seedling raised 

 by Leichtlin, with very large semi-double 

 flowers of light rose, good habit and fine co- 

 lour ; one of the best. 



A. Bougainvillea. — A pretty kind of com- 

 pact habit, with short stems, simple leaves, 

 and a profusion of neatly rounded flowers of 

 light violet-purple, with dark veins and a yel- 

 lowish eye. Useful for edgings and good in 

 colour. 



A. Bridesmaid. — A new seedling raised by 

 Messrs. Barr, with large flowers of soft rosy- 

 pink paling to blush ; good in habit and distinct 

 in colour. 



A. Campbelli. — A kind grown under seve- 

 ral names, in forms too near to distinguish. A 

 vigorous grower of neat compact habit ; pale 

 mauve flowers variable in size, with petals 

 arranged crosswise in pairs. 



A. cilicica. — A plant of lax habit, with 

 broad grey-green leaves ; late in blooming. 



A.columna cce testis. — A neat tufted variety 

 with pale bluish flowers from the Italian moun- 

 tains, but too near Campbelli and Mooreana to 

 be distinct. §yn.A. italica. 



A.conspicua. — A kind of loose habit, grey- 

 green foliage, and flowers of deep colour, 

 evenly rounded. 



A. croatica. — A geographical form of free 

 trailing habit, with flowers of a pretty pale 

 mauve set crosswise. Croatia ; often classed as 

 a species. 



A. deltoidea (Purple Rock Cress). — A 

 mountain plant widely spread from Italy to 

 Asia Minor, freely seeding, and parent of 

 many garden forms. Leaves grey-green with 

 deep indentations and small bluish-lilac flowers 

 upon stems of 2 to 4 inches. The variety 

 known as deltoidea grandijlora is too near Camp- 

 belli to be called distinct. A form with varie- 

 gated leaves is sometimes grown. Syns. canes- 

 cens,Jloribunda, and integrifolia. 



A. Dr. Mules. — A new seedling, and richest 

 in colour of garden forms. It is a robust plant, 

 with foliage of bright fresh green and abundant 

 flowers of rich glowing purple, opening from 

 the middle of April, and beautiful among grey 

 rocks. For purity and depth of colour the 

 finest of all ; best seen when screened from 

 strong sunlight. 



A. edentula. — A wild form from the moun- 

 tains of Kurdistan, with small pale flowers 

 faintly tinged with pink. 



A. erubescens. — A wild plant of mere bo- 

 tanical interest from Greece. 



A. Eyrei. — -A good free-branching kind 

 with large long-shaped flowers of deep violet ; 

 effective as a trailer. 



A. Fire King. — -A seedling akin to A. 

 Leichtlini, but deeper and less pure in colour, 

 with rounded magenta flowers and bright green 

 foliage. 



A. Froebelli. — A foreign seedling of deep 

 colour, rarely seen in this country. 



A. Grceca. — A form of deltoidea from the 

 Balkan peninsula, of compact growth yet neatly 

 vigorous, spreading fast, and early in beauty. 

 Free in flowers of light purple with narrow 

 petals set crosswise, threaded by dark veins, 

 I and with an eye composed of white anthers ; 

 leaves narrow and grey-green. Very hardy and 

 fine for massing. 



A. Grceca super ba. — A selected form with 

 flowers deeper in colour, and a long season of 

 beauty. 



A.Hendersoni. — A mere selection of Camp- 

 belli, and often not distinguishable from its 

 improved form. Large flowers of rich violet- 

 purple fading to reddish, with a light centre 

 and petals set crosswise ; fine in colour at its 

 best, with a loose habit and very free. Good 

 in masses. 



A. lavender rose. — A French seedling with 

 flowers of rosy-lilac. 



A. Leichtlini. — A fine kind with large 

 flowers in shades of crimson, the purest and 

 best of its colour. Dense in growth with erect 

 habit, and very pretty as an edging ; flowers 

 I freely from the end of April. 



A. Leichtlini rosea. — Useful at its best, but 

 not equal to the last, while seedlings of bad 

 colour are often sold under this name. A 

 j robust plant and a good trailer, but smaller in 



