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continue for a couple of months. Native of Britain, but rare 

 — and of other cpuntries of Europe. 



S. Sieboldii {lUebold's Stoiiecrop). — A very distinct and hand- 

 some plant. The stems are slender, erect at first — in estab- 

 lished plants afterwards arching outwards. Leaves in opposite 

 pairs or threes, roundish, flat, and glaucous, as are the stems 

 and all parts outside the corolla. Flowers pink or rose in 

 handsome corymbs. Native of Japan. Quite hardy, but in 

 cold wet localities in Scotland flowering too late to be of any 

 use, as the flowers are cut up with frost or cold and wet com- 

 bined. It is a very useful early winter greenhouse plant, when 

 well cultivated in pots. There is a very handsome variegated 

 form. 



S. spurium (^Fringed Stonecrof). — This is a prostrate species, 

 with numerous barren shoots matted on the surface of the 

 ground. The leaves are numerous, flat, roundish, or wedge- 

 shaped, and toothed, having a fringe of minute, sharp, semi- 

 transparent hairs on the margin. Flowxr-stems decumbent 

 at the base, ascending only an inch or Iwo, bearing heavy 

 corymbs of bright rose-coloured flowciS. Flowers from July 

 till October. Native of the Caucasus. This is one of the best 

 of the dwarf border species, and beautiful also on rockwork. 



S. Telephium, syn. S. purpureum {Orpine Stofiecrop.) — This 

 species grows erect, with hard unbranched stems, to the height 

 of about 1 8 inches. The leaves are oblong and coarsely 

 toothed, scattered irregularly on the stems — sometimes distant, 

 but often nearly opposite, in pairs or threes. The flowers are 

 in handsome pyramidal dense corymbs, and purple. They 

 appear in August and September. Native of Britain and 

 northern and central Europe. It is a useful border-plant, and 

 may be used to adorn semi-wdld places, either in moderate 

 shade or bright sunshine, if the natural vegetation is not too 

 tall. One of its popular names — Livelojig — is suggestive of its 

 tenacity of life, and it possesses that quality in a high degree ; 

 in fact, if turned out roots uppermost, it will rear its head in 

 spite of the rude inversion, and proceed to establish itself with- 

 out delay on a new basis. 



Sempervivum {Hoiiseleek).—i:\i\^ family is possessed of the 

 strongest tenacity of life — the generic name implies that ; and it 

 is highly interesting on account of the rigidly geometric arrange- 

 ment in rosettes that the leaves of most of the species take. Their 

 extraordinary power of life renders them useful for many orna- 

 mental purposes that are very desirable, but not by any means 

 generally adopted. Many a stump and block and naked rock 

 might be appropriately garnished with them j and those objects, 



