AUBRIETIA PURPU REA. 
TUFTED AUBRIETIA. 
Class. Order. 
TETRAD YN AMI A. ^ SILICULOSA. 
Natural Order. 
CRDCIFERJE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. | 
Introduced 
Levant 
3 inches. 
Mar. May. 
Perennial. | 
in 1821. 
No. 230. 
Aubrietia, is a title used in honour of Aubriet, a 
French botanical draughtsman of celebrity. Pur- 
purea, from the Latin, purple. It is the Arabis pur- 
purea of the Flora Grseca. 
This plant is a very desirable ornament to the 
flower border, is perfectly hardy, and flowers very 
freely during a month or two in the spring, and also 
in the autumn; indeed, a partial display of its flowers 
is seen through great part of the year. It may also 
be advantageously planted on rock-work, in a warm 
aspect, where it will grow luxuriantly. We have 
never kept it in pots, but it appears to be a very 
suitable plant for the purpose; and, doubtless, if 
afforded protection, during the months of January 
and February, would flower earlier than in the open 
ground, and constitute a delicate spring ornament 
for decorating the hall or portico. 
In congenial soil, it increases fast, and should be 
divided, and replanted, once a year; which may be 
done early in spring, or toward the end of Sep- 
tember. In a light loam, mixed with a little peat, 
or other well-decayed vegetable mould, it succeeds 
as well as can be desired. 
Sweet’s FI. Gar. 207. 
