into the soil, and therefore these two things should be com- 
bined — plenty of open soil, and exposure to the sun. Alyssum 
alpestre, it will be seen, is furnished with beautiful tufts of 
diminutive wallflower-looking flowers, and we can hardly con- 
ceive a more charming object than it would make when firmly 
established, and forming one of those dense masses of colour 
which the plants of this genus are wont to do. 
