. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. MIXED BORDERS AND ROCK GARDENS. I65 slight shade. Chips of stone placed on the soil around the plants are useful in keeping the surface roots cool. Geums are of easy culture in well-drained, moderately rich soil. Gypso- phila cerastioides is benefited by an admixture of old lime rubbish with the soil, which should not be heavy and damp. Helianthemums grow well on banks of sandy soil. Hutchinsia alpina grows freely, and quickly spreads into large patches, in porous soil, in a slightly shaded situatio
. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. MIXED BORDERS AND ROCK GARDENS. I65 slight shade. Chips of stone placed on the soil around the plants are useful in keeping the surface roots cool. Geums are of easy culture in well-drained, moderately rich soil. Gypso- phila cerastioides is benefited by an admixture of old lime rubbish with the soil, which should not be heavy and damp. Helianthemums grow well on banks of sandy soil. Hutchinsia alpina grows freely, and quickly spreads into large patches, in porous soil, in a slightly shaded situation. The Iberis family will flourish in ordinary garden soil if given a position well exposed to sun and air. 1. gibraltarica, however, must have a very well-drained, light compost if it is to survive the winters. Ionopsidium acaule is an annual that sows itself in light soils. Libertias grow well in sound loam, and Linums are not particular in the matter of soil, though a porous loam is to be preferred for them. Lithospermum prostratum does well in peat and disintegrated granite in a position fully exposed to the sun. Lychnis Lagasca? is at home in sandy loam on a sunny slope. The Malvas will thrive in moderately rich garden soil. Morisia hypogasa succeeds in a deep, gritty soil of peat and loam. Myosotis alpestris should be planted in porous soil that may be kept in a moist condition during the whole of the growing and flowering season, during which time slight shade is also beneficial. Nepeta Mussini will grow in any light sandy soil. Omphalodes verna will succeed in light or heavy soil, in full sunshine or in shade. O. Lucilia? should grow in a mixture of peat and loam with which grit and small broken pieces of stone have been mixed. Onosma tauricum should be planted in a well-drained, sunny portion of the rock garden. The Oxalis thrives in warm and dry situations in sandy soil. Pentstemons flourish in a rich, porous loam. The dwarf, so-called Alpine Phloxes succeed best when
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