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FLOWERS OK ROCKS, WALLS, ETC. 



Orpine (Sedum TelepliiLim, L.) 



Orpine is known entirel)', as tar as aj^e and distribution go, from its 

 occurrence to-day in the North Temperate Zone in Europe, Siberia, 

 as far as Kamschatka, W. Asia. It is found throughout the Peninsula 

 province, except in S. Somerset; throughout the Channel and Thames 

 provinces, except Hants and in Anglia; in the Severn province, except 



in E. Gloucs. In Wales 

 it is fouml in Glamorgan, 

 Carnarvon, Uenbigh, 



Flint, and Anglesea. In 

 the Trent pro\ince it 

 occurs in Leicester and 

 Derby; not in l\Iid Lanes 

 in the Mersey province; 

 throughout tlie H umber, 

 Tyne provinces; in the 

 Lakes district, except in 

 the Isle of l\Lin. hi 

 Scotland, in the West 

 Lowlands, except Wig- 

 town; the E. Lowlands, 

 except in Peebles, Sel- 

 kirk, F"orfar, Kincardine, 

 and S. Aberdeen. In 

 Yorks it is found at a 

 height of I 200 ft. It is 

 found in Ireland in Derry. 

 Orpine is often a garden 

 escape. 



Orpine has doubtless 

 been planted in many districts, but in the western counties is quite 

 native, growing in glens and dales, on rocks and walls, or even in 

 stony hedge-banks and woods. F^or it is a lover of the shade, and 

 may be found most luxuriantly in the same station as the Navehvort 

 and the Spleenworts. 



The tulted growth of the erect, unbranched stems of the Orpine, 

 with Hat, coarsely-toothed leaves, egg-shaped, oblong, nearly stalkless, 

 give it a characteristic appearance. 



'I he second name has reference to the lono- ueriod during which 



Photo J, 1 Ward 



Orpine (Sedum Telcftliiuni, L.) 



