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ROCK GARDENS 



S. indica. — Procumbent habit. Blue flowers, very freely pro- 

 duced. Dwarf-growing and pretty. 



Sedum (Crassulaceae), Stonecrop 



Dwarf, spreading, succulent-looking plants, often confused with 

 Saxifrages, though bearing no resemblance to them. They are all 

 of the easiest culture, some species, in fact, becoming almost a 

 weed. They are useful for covering waste spots, and are typical 

 rock plants, but must be kept within bounds. They are all very 

 readily increased by division. The following are some of the best 

 kinds : — 



S. acre. — The common British species, which will grow anywhere, 

 and in summer looks pretty, covered with its bright yellow flowers. 

 There are several varieties of it : S. a. aurea and vmiegatum. 



S. anglicum. — A native species, very like the last, but bearing 

 rosy-coloured flowers in June. Very floriferous. 



S. brevifolium. — The leaves are covered with a silvery-rose 

 powder. Flowers pinky-white. Not very hardy, so requires rather 

 a sheltered position. Very pretty. 



S. dasyphyllum. — Very similar to the last, and is in summer a 

 sheet of soft, pink-coloured flowers. One of the best. Not supposed 

 to be very hardy, though with me it grows like a weed, in any 

 position, and receives no attention. 



S. Eiversii. — Of somewhat trailing habit, with glaucous leaves, 

 evergreen. Flowers pink or pale violet. A very good species, and 

 quite hardy. Its variety, turkestanicmn^ has rose-coloured flowers, 

 and is even better. 



S. kamtschaticum. — Rather distinct, of more erect habit, with 

 broader leaves than most of the type. Flowers a deep orange 

 colour. Quite hardy, and of easy culture. It is quite one of the 

 handsomest of the genus. There is a variety which has very pretty 

 leaves, variegated, with orange-coloured markings. 



S. pulchellum. — Of trailing, dwarf habit. Flowers bright red or 

 purplish, arranged in branching cymes. A very handsome ever- 

 green species, but not as much cultivated as it deserves. Quite 

 hardy. 



S. roseum (syn. S. Rhodiola). — A taller-growing species, with erect 

 stems 8 to 12 inches high. Reddish-purple flowers in flat terminal 

 heads. Handsome. 



S. spathulifoliu7n. — Is of creeping habit. Makes rather dense 

 rosettes of fleshy, glaucous leaves ; terminal, many-branched heads 

 of bright yellow flowers in the utmost profusion in July. One of the 

 best. 



S. spectabile. — This well -known species grows about i8 inches 



