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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, Tiarella 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 on 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, Mitella diphylla. 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, CJirysosplenium. 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-CKOP 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 and important of rock-plants : 8. acre, 



