ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PLANTS 345 



S. A. minor. — A small form with speckled flowers. 

 S. A. paradoxa. — Flowers yellowish-green, not very attractive ; 

 but foliage is very pretty. Rosettes of narrow blue-grey leaves 

 heavily margined with silver, and is worth a place for the foliage 

 alone. 



S. A. rosea. — Flowers clear, pure pink, and unspotted, and quite •^ 

 one of the best. 



S. A. rosularis. — Flowers white, spotted crimson. Strong and 

 vigorous-growing, forming large rosettes, curving slightly inwards. 



S. A. sturmiaiia. — Rosettes not quite as large as the last, and 

 quite flat, otherwise similar. There are other varieties of S. Aisoon., 

 but their differences are so slight that they are only of botanical 

 interest. 



5. Allioni {Group /., Mossy). — A very dwarf-growing mossy, with 

 white flowers. 



6*. ambigua {Group III., Cushion). — Spikes of pale flesh-coloured 

 flowers. A pretty and rather rare plant. 



6". Andrewsii {Group V., Urnbrosa). — Supposed to be a hybrid 

 between S. Geurn and S. Aizoon. White, pink-spotted flowers in 

 loose panicles. The leaves are long and narrow, and more of the 

 encrusted type, while the flowers are typical of the " London Pride " 

 species. A very good plant, and of easiest culture. 



S. apiculata {Group III.., Cuskio?i). — Forms dense tufts of bright 

 green spiny leaves. Flowers pale primrose-yellow, in panicles 

 about 4 to 6 inches high. Blooms in March, and is one of the 

 best and freest-flowering species, of very easy culture. There is a 

 white form of this, of recent introduction, which is quite as robust, 

 and a great acquisition. 



S. aquatica {Group I., Mossy). — Rather coarse, fleshy-looking 

 foliage. Requires a very moist position in sandy peat and loam. 

 Large white flowers in rather dense heads. A difficult plant to 

 obtain true to name. 



S. aretioides {Group III.., Cushion). — Forms dense, hard, tiny 

 rosettes of ligulate, silvery-grey, spiny leaves. Flowers golden - 

 yellow, on short, few-flowered stems. A rare plant, and rather 

 difficult to cultivate. There is a very lovely form, with pale 

 primrose-coloured flowers, named S. p7 iinulina., and even more 

 difficult to grow. 



S. aspera {Group IV., Creeping). — Rather large flowers, yellowish- 

 white, in very loose panicles. Blooms in May and June. Rather 

 a distinct, but not a very attractive species. 



.S". bifiora {Group IV., Creeping). — Likes very gritty, well-drained 

 soil. Rather loose habit, and its leaves are not so closely packed 

 as in the native S. oppositifolia, to which it is nearly allied. The 

 flowers large, and of a pale pink to deep red colour, and are borne 



