ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PLANTS 221 
2 feet high, and in all colours. Very apt to degenerate, requiring 
constant reselection, owing to chance hybridization by bees and 
other insects. Propagation by division or seed, which should be 
procured from a reliable source. 
A. coerulea hybrida. Twelve to 15 inches high, blue and white 
flowers, flowering from April to June. Seeds to be sown 
annually. The plant often dying out after flowering once. 
A. californica. Red and yellow handsome flowers, 2 to 4 feet 
high, flowering May to September. 
A. canadensis. Scarlet and yellow, 1 foot high, flowering 
April to June. 
A. chrysantha. Yellow, long spurs. May to August. 
A. glandulosa. Pale blue and white, 1 foot high, flowering in 
spring, liking deep sandy soil ; should be divided when 
the plant is in full leaf. 
A. Skinneri. Greenish-yellow and scarlet flowers, very free, 
3 to 4 feet high, fine border variety. 
A. Stuartii. China-blue and white, 1 foot high, flowering in 
spring ; very lovely, but difficult to grow. 
A. vulgaris. White, a native plant, flowers April to July, 2 to 
3 feet high. 
A. vulgaris hybrida. In all colours, 2 to 3 feet high, flowering 
April to July, very fine for borders. 
A. vulgaris Sylvie. White, 2 to 3 feet high, flowering April 
to July. 
ARABIS, “Rock Cress.” (N.O. Cruciferae.) 
Useful edging or carpeting plants, flowering April to June ; pro- 
pagation by division, cuttings, or seeds. 
A. albida. White, 3 inches high. 
A. albida jlore plena. Spikes of pure white double flowers, 6 
inches high. 
A. albida variegata. In both double and single white flowers, 
green and white foliage. 
A. rosea. Pink. 
ARMERIA, “Sea Pink” or “Thrift.” (N.O. Plumbaginacese.) 
Pink and red flowers, tufted foliage, suitable for edgings, increases 
almost too rapidly for borders ; propagated by divisions or seeds. 
A. latifolia rubra. Deep rich red. 
A. maritima. Common pink form. 
A. maritima alba major. Large white flowers. 
