THE SOLDANELLAS.
These dainty little alpine plants, with their round, fleshy leaves and fringed flowers, in shades of mauve or lavender —the whole plant is but two or three inches high—will thrive on a cool soil and a half-shaded nook of the rock garden. Where they do not flower freely, a frame of glass, placed over each plant or colony of plants during the winter months, will often provide the necessary encouragement, and is a substitute for the snug and dry snow of their mountain homes, through which in spring the delicately lovely blossoms peep. S. alpina is the best-known species, others being S. Cluni, S. pyrolcefolia, and S. montana. Loam and leafsoil they enjoy, with immunity from disturbance, and seeds offer a, method of increase both simple and sure. A few plants in a pan will provide a delightful spring ornament' for the cold greenhouse; in summer, stand the pan in a cool position in the garden.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20708, 4 May 1929, Page 7
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158THE SOLDANELLAS. Otago Daily Times, Issue 20708, 4 May 1929, Page 7
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