. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. 84 CASSELL'S POPULAR GAEDEXIXG. every day when it is mild, and plant them in the open so soon as hardened off. Any light sandy soil will do in which to root the cuttings. It should be made firm, the cuttings needing the compression to force the emission of roots. Late cuttings should be inserted where they may have protection in winter. Aubrietias do not ripen seeds very freely, except- ing just here and there in warm and sheltered localities. Where they do so the seed should be sown very thinly and as soon as rii^e. These plants do not come very true
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. 84 CASSELL'S POPULAR GAEDEXIXG. every day when it is mild, and plant them in the open so soon as hardened off. Any light sandy soil will do in which to root the cuttings. It should be made firm, the cuttings needing the compression to force the emission of roots. Late cuttings should be inserted where they may have protection in winter. Aubrietias do not ripen seeds very freely, except- ing just here and there in warm and sheltered localities. Where they do so the seed should be sown very thinly and as soon as rii^e. These plants do not come very true from seeds, but main- tain general uniformity of height and colour, and within these narrow bounds the more variety and individuality the better. The genus was named after a French botanical draughtsman, M. Aubriet, and the first Aubrietias were intro- duced from' the Levant in 1710. They now abound in all directions, and hundreds of gardens, large and small, would look poor and stale in the spring if the Aubrie- tias were withdi-awn. They look well almost everywhere, anyhow, in large tufts Or wide edgings, in juxtaposition with such plants as the Yellow or Eock Alyssum and the early Forget-me- not, Myosotis dissitiflora. With alternate ]5atches of these, few plants can equal Aubrietias for the clothing of raised banks or rockeries, or intermixing with choice hardy ferns. The Alyssum.—For a brilliant display of Hght, almost fluffy, golden flowers throughout April and May, there is nothing to equal the grand old Alyssum saxatilc, or Eock Alyssum, or Madwort, as this magni- ficent spring border flower is called. The name is derived, so it is said, from the supposed efficacy of the Alyssum to allay anger or rage. Were this true, this plant, popular as it is, would no doubt soon be more so. But this particular species at least is, we fear, too brilliant to exert any such soothing tendency. And yet yellow, although oftentimes associated with jealousy, is not the coloiu" that
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