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and terminating in a dense corymb of purplish flowers in July 

 and August. Height about 6 inches. Native of the Alps and 

 P)Tenees. 



S. dasyphyrjum {Thick-leaved Stonecrop). — This is a very 

 attractive little plant, only an inch or two high. The stems 

 are prostrate and weak, clothed with numerous thick, fleshy, 

 almost globular leaves, deeply glaucous. The flowers are dull 

 white, often pink or tinged with pink. A very pretty rockwork 

 plant, but quite unsuitable for the border or flat surfaces, unless 

 very dry. Native of the south of England, but rare — and 

 widely spread in Europe, but not abundant 



S. Ewersii {Ewers' s Stonecrop). — A very dwarf species 2 or 3 

 inches high, with flat, succulent, toothed, deeply -glaucous 

 leaves. The flowers are purplish rose, in pretty terminal 

 corymbs, appearing in July and August. This is one of the 

 most choice and handsome of the dwarf Sedums, and is a 

 beautiful ornament of rockwork or border, but in the latter 

 must be provided with a dry warm soil. Native of the Altai 

 Mountains. 



S. Fabaria {Large purple Japan Stonecrop.) — The plant giuv/c 

 erect, with stout stems i foot or 18 inches high, furnished with 

 broad oval leaves, glaucous and toothed, and standing hori- 

 zontally on the stems. The flowers are rosy purple, in dense 

 broad corymbs, appearing in September and October. Native 

 of Japan. This is perhaps the handsomest of the tall-growing 

 species. It is worthy of a place in the choicest collection of 

 hardy plants, being very distinctive and beautiful. It is useful 

 for flower-gardening on the bedding method, either in the way 

 of breaking the uniformity of large flat surfaces or for centres 

 to small beds ; and where the style is formal and severe its 

 rigid aspect will be found to harmonise well with the surround- 

 ings. For this purpose the plant is best divided annually into 

 single crowns in early spring, and assisted with a little heat for 

 a time. It is perfectly hardy, but flowers rather too late to be 

 of much use in cold late districts in Scotland as a flowering 

 plant ; but its habit and glaucous hue are valuable and desir- 

 able for their own sakes. 



S. kamtschaticum {Kamtschatka Stonecrop). — This species 

 has numerous prostrate barren stems clothed with opposite, 

 roundish, regularly - toothed, dark -green, flat leaves. The 

 flowering- stems ascend a little, terminating in a corymb of 

 deep-yellow flowers, which appear in July and August. Native 

 of Kamtschatka. A very good border species, and handsome 

 also on rockwork. Height 6 to 9 inches. 



S. oppositifolium {Opposite-leaved Stonecrop). — This species 



