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S. albo-roseum — White-and-rose Stonecrop. — This plant grows about 

 18 inches high, with leafy upright stems. The leaves are broad oblong, 

 widening upwards. Flowers in large terminal corymbs, white and rose, 

 appearing in summer. Native of Japan. An excellent ornament of 

 the mixed border, nourishing in ordinary garden soil. 



S. Anacampseros — Eoenjrcen Stonecrop. — Avery distinct species, with 

 numerous decumbent or creeping stems ; the barren ones are crowded 

 with wedge-shaped glaucous leaves in conical rosettes. Flower-stems 

 nearly erect, somewhat leafy, and terminating in a dense corymb of 

 purplish flowers in July and August. Height about G inches. Native 

 of the Alps and Pyrenees. 



S. dasyphyllum — Thick-leaved Stonecrop. — This is a very attractive 

 little plant, only an inch or two high. The stems are prostrate and weak, 

 clothed with numerous thick, fleshy, almost globular, leaves, deeply 

 glaucous. The flowers are dull white, often pink or tinged with 

 pink. A very pretty rockwork plant, but quite unsuitable for the 

 border or flat surfaces unless very dry. Native of the south of England, 

 but rare — and widely spread in Europe, but not abundant. 



S. Ewcrsii — Ewers's Stonecrop. — A very dwarf species 2 or 3 inches 

 high, with flat, succulent, toothed, deeply-glaucous leaves. The flowers 

 are purplish rose, in pretty terminal corymbs, appearing in July and 

 August. This is one of the most choice and handsome of the dwarf 

 Sedums, and is a beautiful ornament of rockwork or border, but in 

 the latter must be provided with a dry warm soil. Native of the 

 Altai Mountains. 



S. Fdbaria — Large pxuple Japan Stonecrop. — The plant grows erect, 

 with stout stems 1 foot or 18 inches high, furnished with broad oval 

 leaves, glaucous and toothed, and standing horizontally on the stems. 

 The flowers are rosy purple, in dense broad corymbs, appearing in 

 September and October. Native of Japan. This is perhaps the hand- 

 somest of the tall-growing species. It is worthy of a place in the 

 choicest collection of hardy plants, being very distinctive and beauti- 

 ful. It is useful for flower-gardening on the bedding method, either 

 in the way of breaking the uniformity of large flat surfaces or for 

 centres to small beds ; and where the style is formal and severe its 

 rigid aspect will be found to harmonise well with the surroundings. 

 For this purpose the plant is best divided annually into single crowns 

 in early spring, and assisted w T ith a little heat for a time. It is 

 perfectly hardy, but flowers rather too late to be of much use in cold 

 late districts in Scotland as a flowering plant ; but its habit and 

 glaucous hue are valuable and desirable for their own sakes. 



S. Kamtschaticum — Kamtschatka Stonecrop. — This species has numer- 

 ous prostrate barren stems clothed with opposite, roundish, regularly- 



