If the young plants, runners of last year, be too thick, take some of them away, and do not leave them nearer than a foot of the scarlet, alpines, and wood, and fifteen or sixteen inches of all the larger sorts; and in the first rainy weather in July or August, take them all up, and make a fresh plantation with them, and they will be very strong plants for flowering next year.
"Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets"
Daniel Young
My friend had just washed hers, and they both approached the subject as keenly as two gardeners will approach a question of bulbs or alpines.
"Home Life in Germany"
Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick
They are also subdivided into white and red, annual and monthly varieties, and those that produce no runners, which are known to-day as Bush alpines.
"Success With Small Fruits"
E. P. Roe