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Golden Tuft or Rock Alyss-ni 
Aly.sum saxatile. 
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friends. 
The Winter Aconite was flowering in 
Middlesex gardens by the second week of 
February, in spite of the previous storm. 
Amongst early flowers of the rock gar¬ 
den or border few produce a greater pro¬ 
fusion of bloom than the Rock Alyssum, 
which, therefore, deserves its other name 
of Golden Tuft. The accompanying 
illustration will give some idea of a large 
tuft or patch when seen from above. The 
silvery foliage is completely hidden, and 
only when looked at from the side can 
the leaves be seen. It belongs to a 
group in which the flowers are mostly 
yellow, though in some cases white. The 
typical form may be described as bright 
yellow, though there are varieties in culti¬ 
vation fading away to sulphur or lemon- 
yellow, and a double form is equally 
profuse in flowering and lasts long but 
does not produce seeds, consequently it 
has to he propagated from cuttings, 
though that is easy enough with the assist¬ 
ance of a cold frame. 
Usually cultivators are satisfied with a 
plant or two on the rockery- or- in the 
border, but as white and yellow are so 
effective and the profusion of bloom here 
is so great, it might well be cultivated in 
greater quantity for the production erf 
effective spots in the garden that will at¬ 
tract from a distance. As it bears seeds 
freely and may easily be raised in a cold 
frame or in the open ground, sowing the 
seeds in April, any quantity of sturdy 
little plants may be obtained during the 
same season to flower in the April follow¬ 
ing. The accompanying illustration was 
kindly put at our disposal by Messrs. 
Webb and Sons, Wordsley, Stourbridge. 
[Copyright, Webb a-nd_ Sons., 
Rock Alyssum (Alyssum saxatile). 
Alyssum 
saxatile citrinum. 
This elegant little plant has deservedly 
won for itself a place of honour among 
rock plants of recent introduction. It is un¬ 
doubtedly o>ne of the very best of the Mad- 
worts, a family remarkable for their free- 
flowering habit. A. saxatile citrinum is 
fully equal in this respect to any other 
member of the family. It is, indeed, so 
floriferous that for a period of several 
weeks the whole plant presents the appear¬ 
ance of a mound of pale sulphur yellow. 
Stems and foliage are hidden beneath the 
wavy masses of small, prettily-formed 
flowers, and, whether on the rockery or 
in the front of a sunny border, a plant or 
two of this pretty little Alyssum makes a 
fine patch of most pleasing colour. The 
plant may easily be raised from seed, pro¬ 
vided care is taken not to cover too deeply 
with soil. Sowm in a pan of light, gritty 
compost, and given the shelter of a cold 
frame, seeds will germinate within ten 
days, and if the seedlings are pricked off 
as soon as thev can be handled, they soon 
make nice little plants for putting out- 
Heather Bell. 
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This is unavoidably held over. 
