THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
207 
22. 1913. 
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A FINE SPECIMEN OF THE MOUNTAIN SANDWORT (ARENARIA 
MONTANA). 
half-shady rocks, its trailing stems clinging 
to the stones. While it will thrive either 
in sun or shade, the latter must not lie 
too dense, or it will fail to flower freely. 
A northern aspect, with full exposure to 
light, will suit it admirably. The vivid 
green carpet that it makes is very attrac¬ 
tive clothing the faces of the rocks, and 
then, in the spring, the star-like flowers 
commence to api>ear, gradually becoming 
thicker as the season advances. This plant 
is also useful as a carpet for such small 
bulbs as the bulbous irises, scillas, nar¬ 
cissi, such as N. minimus and N. cyclami- 
neus, and other® that require, or look better 
with, such a groundw'ork. 
One of the best is A. montana, which is 
sliown in the accompanying illustration. 
coloured flowers are freely produced 
throughout the summer, and it is a useful 
plant for the rock garden. 
There are several other sandworts in cul¬ 
tivation, amongst these being the follow¬ 
ing: A. verna, which makes tnfts of 
deep green foliage, covered wdth white 
flowers. A. v. csespitosa is a valuable 
carpeting plant. One of the most distinct 
is A. tetraquetra, with the leaves set in 
four row^s on the stems. It makes a com. 
pact tuft, but the flowers are of a diil 
white. 
The cultivation of the various arenaria; 
is very easy, as they are all readily pro 
pagat^ by means of cuttings in summer 
or by seeds, which most of the species pr i 
duoe freely. W. Irving. 
•< It is htr safer to us© the manure 
,'i,k and often, than strong and at in- 
> r\ ah, 
p r auction of shade is important. Roses 
. j,’jr ample light, hut a clear sun shining 
’ .riri.:h clean glass is oRcn very fierce and 
.. rTnnu. Much of tiiis will depend upon 
!»,* a.qH<i of the house. If built north to 
i.th the bars wnll form a considerable 
v,„k !■• the sun's burning influence at mid- 
a?id thereabouts. But if the building is 
• *ri or less the other way—running east 
u >t -the raid-day sun has no check, and 
V -.qiiently some artificial shading is often 
•-'.ssiry quite early in the summer. The 
iihier this can be, with eflSciency, the 
■i. i;. r. Damping down among the plants, 
• ill a careful avoidance of wetting the 
•.• •K*’. helps against the temporary distress 
. t a more than usually bright day, such 
A' «c often experience during late 
Kjinrm. 
I would not try for a third crop of flowers 
■ai Icr glass. It seems too exhausting, and 
M klom allows the plants sufficient time to 
rnfiiperate for next .season’s forcing. By 
time the second crop is realised, too, 
tlw* wither will allow of the pot plants 
Glaring a steady rest outside. The old idea 
"f ivmng ripeness by w ithholding the w ater 
Mjpplr. oven to the point of shrivelling the 
^loos not find much favour now\ For 
<'no thing, we have a different character of 
growth to deal with than was the case w ith 
old hybrid perpetuals, which generally 
np ned off during the later summer months 
•v.-n when not exhauste<l by being forced, 
the contrary, the present-day hybrid 
•' continue to grow and flower just as 
as frost will permit them. Standing 
'^plants upon a firm base, half plunging 
P"®®'*’!®. and keeping them 
drv, 18 certainly conducive to a 
•..w maturation of the more valuable 
back to when 
..umoK once more. A sunny and fairly 
■h* Xr ripening more than 
nerth or shady side of walls and herlges. 
R OS ASIAN. 
ARENARIASo 
Tile Sandwort family consists of dw^arf 
creeping plants, many of very weedy habit 
and small flowers. There are a few kinds, 
however, that are extremely useful and 
ornamental for ledges and pockets in the 
rock garden. 
One of the prettiest members of the 
genus is the Majorca sandwort (A. balea- 
rioa), a moss-like plant, wdiich forms a 
dense green carpet, studd^ in summer with 
small wdiite flowers, and formiiig a sheet 
of white. Although it is a native of the 
warm islands in the Mediterranean—Sardi¬ 
nia, Corsica, and the Balearic Islands—it is 
quite at home in this country, surviving 
our winters without any trouble. It will 
grow almost anywhere, but it is the most 
happily placed when climbing over moist. 
The mountain sandwort is unquestionably 
one of the most charming of the earliei - 
flowering kinds. It is a prostrate, spread- 
ing plant, equally at home as a carpeter on 
flat ground, or hanging over ledges in the 
TOck garden. As a subject for wall gar¬ 
dening it cannot be surpassed, forming a 
draping car]>et or curtain of large pure 
white flowers. It is an old garden favour¬ 
ite, having been in cnltivation for over 300 
years, Tw^o forms of this are met with ; 
one called grandiflorum, being of compact 
habit, and havdng rather more hairy leaves 
than the type, hub the flowers are no 
larger. 
A. purpurascens, a native of tlie Pyre¬ 
nees, and, like most of the other kinds, 
of prostrate, spreading habit, is an inter¬ 
esting, if not .Aowy, plant. Tlie purplish- 
