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the latter become exhausted, and continue for a couple of months. 

 Native of Britain, but rare, and of other countries of Europe. 



S. Sieboldii — SiebolcFs Stoneer&p. — A very distinct and handsome 

 plant. The stems are slender, erect at first — in established plants after- 

 wards arching outwards. Leaves in opposite pairs or threes, roundish, 

 flat, and glaucous, as are the stems and all parts outside the corolla. 

 Flowers pink or rose in handsome corymbs. Native of Japan. Quite 

 hardy, but in cold wet localities in Scotland flowering too late to be 

 of any use, as the flowers are cut up with frost or cold and wet com- 

 bined. It is a very useful early winter greenhouse plant, when well 

 cultivated in pots. There is a very handsome variegated form. 



S. spurium — Fringed Stonecrop. — This is a prostrate species, with nu- 

 merous barren shoots matted on the surface of the ground. The leaves 

 are numerous, flat, roundish, or wedge-shaped, and toothed, having a 

 fringe of minute sharp semi-transparent hairs on the margin. Flower- 

 stems decumbent at the base, ascending only an inch or two, bearing 

 heavy corymbs of bright rose-coloured flowers. Flowers from July 

 till October. Native of the Caucasus. This is one of the best of the 

 dwarf border species, and beautiful also on rockwork. 



S. Telephium, syn. S. purpureum — Orpine Stonecrop. — This species 

 grows erect, with hardunbranched stems, to the height of about 18 inches. 

 The leaves are oblong and coarsely toothed, scattered irregularly on 

 the stems — sometimes distant, but often nearly opposite, in pairs or 

 threes. The flowers are in handsome pyramidal dense corymbs, and 

 purple; they appear in August and September. Native of Britain 

 and northern and central Europe. It is a useful border plant, and 

 may be used to adorn semi-wild places, either in moderate shade or 

 bright sunshine, if the natural vegetation is not too tall. One of its 

 popular names — Livelong — is suggestive of its tenacity of life, and it 

 possesses that quality in a high degree ; in fact, if turned out roots 

 uppermost, it will rear its head in spite of the rude inversion, and 

 proceed to establish itself without delay on a new basis. 



{To be continued.) 



NEW PLANTS OF THE PAST TWO MONTHS. 



The magnificent new Dendrobium chrysotis exhibited by Messrs J. 

 Brooks & Co., Fairfield Nursery, Manchester, before the meeting of 

 the Royal Horticultural Society on the 21st of September, and awarded 

 a first-class certificate, is a very fine and extremely showy species. 

 It is supposed to have been imported from Assam a few years ago, and 

 this particular plant was purchased at one of Stevens's sales. The 



