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ferred to their place in the borders or beds. In the southern 

 counties of England the trouble of sowing in pots is not neces- 

 sary, unless early bloom is desirable, as they succeed well when 

 sown at once in the open ground; and in the north a longer 

 succession may be kept up by sowing a little seed in early 

 April in the same way. 



C. discolor {^Two-coloured C.) — This is a beautiful species. 

 The plant grows i foot or more high. The leaves are thick 

 and fleshy, bluntly egg-shaped, green, and slightly glaucous 

 above and purple beneath. The flowers are very large, in 

 long racemes, bright purplish rose, and composed of five broad 

 spreading petals. Like the whole of the species of the tribe, 

 the flowers expand only in sunshine. They appear in late 

 summer and autumn. Native of Chili. 



C. grandiflora {Large-floivered C.) — This species is very near 

 the last in appearance. It grows about the same height; the 

 leaves and flowers are smaller; the former grow on both sides, 

 the latter a darker tint of the same rosy-purple colour. The 

 flowers appear a week or two earlier. Native of Chili. 



C. umbeUata {^Umbelkd C.) — This species is very distinct 

 from either of the preceding. The plant grows only about 6 

 inches high. The stems are prostrate and much branched, and 

 the leaves are narrow, lance-shaped, and fringed on the margin 

 with a few hairs. The flowers are produced in umbels, and 

 are fine purplish crimson, appearing in early summer and last- 

 ing till September. Native of Chili. 



CRASSULACE.^. 



The hardy section of this tribe comprises few genera but 

 many species. A good many of them were old familiar plants 

 in gardens ; but they have for many years been lost sight of, 

 their quiet unobtrusive style being scarcely tolerated while the 

 rage for colour was rampant. Recently, however, some species 

 of Sempervivum with rigid geometric aspect, and Sedums with 

 close carpet-like growth or glaucous leaves, and several Eche- 

 verias, along with other plants of succulent or peculiar foliage, 

 have been used to produce novel and pretty results in flower- 

 gardening. It is a step in the right direction, and will sers'e 

 to relieve the present style of flower-gardening from the ban of 

 obtrusive monotony that has been laid on it for some time. 

 Very few, if any, of the hardy Crassulacece are distinguished by 



