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red shade. It should be planted in a hot sunny position, in sandy soil, 

 well drained. 



Epigaea repens, from North America, is a rare plant in the alpine 

 garden, although there are many places in which it would do well. It 

 should be grown in a shady nook on the north side of a bank, and must 

 be sheltered from the north wind by rocks or shrubs. It does not 

 require sun, but does well in a moderately damp place, in a compost 

 of fibrcus peat, fibrous loam, and leaf -mould in equal parts, to which 

 a little sand is added ; the compost should be a foot or more deep. 

 Pegging down and top-dressing are necessary, and the plant may be 

 increased by division. It bears clusters of beautiful white fragrant 

 flowers early in the spring. 



Soldanella Montana, S. alpina, and S. pusilla are a lovely group, 

 forming dense cushions of round, leathery, deep green foliage. Their 

 slender stems support delicate bell-shaped flowers, beautifully fringed. 

 They are fond of a moist, shady, well-drained place, and grow well in a 

 compost of turfy loam, leaf-mould, peat, and good sharp sand. Top- 

 dress with leaf-mould and sand in equal parts once or twice a year. 

 A sheet of glass over them during the winter is a great protection to the 

 early flower-buds. These plants are most useful for the alpine house, 

 as they do exceedingly well in pans. They are increased by division 

 after flowering, or by seed sown in a frame as soon as it is ripe. 



Shortia galacifolia is a very beautiful and rare Calif ornian plant with 

 evergreen leaves, which become crimson in winter. The pretty, fringed, 

 semi-nodding flowers are white on opening and change to pale rose. It 

 should be given a choice position in a damp, well-drained, half-shady 

 place, and grown in a compost of fibrous loam, sand, leaf-mould, and 

 peat. The fine part should be taken out of the loam before mixing 

 with the other compost ; the bed should be made firm and about I foot 

 deep. Top-dress annually, and increase by division after flowering. 



Schizocodon soldanelloides is a very rare Japanese plant of great 

 beauty. It forms tufts of evergreen shiny leaves, and bears fringed, 

 bell-shaped, bright red flowers, dark in the centre and paler at the edges. 

 It does best in a well-drained, half-shady place, in a peaty, turfy, 

 fibrous loam and sand, and may be increased by division. 



Ramondia pyrenaica is one of the loveliest of all the Pyrenean plants, 

 especially when seen in masses. It forms rosettes of dark dull -green hairy 

 foliage, from which issue large violet-purple blossoms with orange centres. 

 When well grown, plants bear from six to eight flower-spikes, each spike 

 with from four to seven flowers. They should be planted between rocks, 

 more or less on their sides, so as to throw the rain off their centres. 

 They root deeply, and require a compost of good, deep fibrous loam and 

 peat in equal parts, and a little limestone. They should occupy a well- 

 drained moist place facing north, as they do not like the full sun. 



Haberlea rhodopensis is a Grecian plant which delights in a cool, 

 shady position, and does well under similar treatment to that 

 advised for Ramondias. The Streptocarpus-like flowers are borne on 

 longer stems than are those of Ramondia. 



