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fine for sowing or planting on lawns, or naturalized on moist 

 banks. S. peltata, a large growing riverside plant with pel- 

 tate leaves on long stalks and tall scapes bearing a large 

 corymbose raceme of white or pinkish flowers in spring. 



False Mitrewort, Diadem Flower, TiareUa cordifolia. — 

 A handsome ornamental plant of rocky woods growing in 

 moist places along rivulets ; leaves heart-shaped, slightly 

 lobed, on slender petioles; flowers pure white, in loose 

 racemes ou slender scapes sometimes a foot high. A beauti- 

 ful subject for moist places in rockeries or for naturalizing 

 in shrubberies. One of the prettiest plants of the family. 



Mitrewort, MiteUa dipkylla. — A delicate plant with 

 heart-shaped, lobed leaves on long petioles, and slender 

 scapes bearing a loose raceme of white, flowers. For wood- 

 land scenery, planted in a compost of leaf mold and sandy 

 loam. Moist places in a shady rockery. 



Golden Saxifrage, Chi'ysosplenium. — Several species of 

 a dwarf habit with rounded leaves close to the ground, and 

 numerous greenish-yellow flowers. Fine for moist or boggy 

 places in a rockery. In masses only. 



THE STONE-CBOP FAMILY. 



House-leek, Sempervivum tectorum. — An interesting 

 plant with dense rosettes of fleshy leaves. Flowers in 

 autumn or winter, purplish. There are several other hardy 

 species differing slightly but of a similar habit, such as 

 calcaratum and soboliferum. All are excellent rock plants 

 and may also be used in carpet bedding for edging. 



Stone Crop, Sedum. — Next to the saxifrage these are 

 the most numerous anil important of rock-plants: S. acre, 



