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the usual condition of the plant, as it is most frequently a loose-growing 

 object "with a very small number of flowers. 



B. Chamcecistus is not rare and is perfectly hardy, and I am unable to 

 say why it generally thrives so badly. Mine has grown on the south side 

 of the rockery from the first, in peat, which I have taken care to renew 

 and to add to when I thought requisite. Mr. A. W. Bennett, in his 

 " Alpine Plants," says that to grow it successfully small pieces of lime or 

 mortar must be scattered among the stems, but this I have not done. 



I may say that the supreme effort last year seems to have been too 

 severe a strain, as there were no blooms this spring, though abundant 

 growth is being made. 



Bhodothamnus Chamacistus is a native of the Tyrol and the moun- 

 tains of Carniola in Austria. 



