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SEDUM. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



SEDUM. 



and sandy places. It is beautiful in the 

 winter garden ; its golden tips peep out 

 in November, and only vanish with the 

 heat of May. 



S. AIZOON. Is i foot or more in height, 

 with erect stems crowned by dense clusters 

 of yellow flowers. It is an old garden 

 plant for the border or rock garden, and 

 requires open positions and a light soil. 

 Siberia and Japan. 



S. EWERSI. A neat hardy plant, about 

 6 inches high, with broad silvery .leaves 

 and clusters of purplish flowers. A good 

 edging plant. Siberia. 



dozen named varieties. Of these by far 

 the most important is hcematodes, or ati-o- 

 purpureum, so called from the vivid purple 

 of the stems and large fleshy leaves. It 

 grows from i to 2 feet high, and though 

 the flowers are not showy, it is a stately 

 plant for poor stony soil. 



S. PULCHELLUM (Purple American Stone- 

 crop). Has purplish flowers, arranged in 

 several spreading and recurved branchlets, 

 bird's-foot fashion, with numerous spread- 

 ing stems. It is abundant in X. America. 

 It is also at home in the rock garden, 

 growing in any soil, and flowering in 

 summer. 



The Japanese Stonecrop (Sedutn spectabile). 



S. HISPANICUM. A minute grey plant, 

 forming spreading tufts of short stems 

 densely clothed with thick leaves and 

 inconspicuous flowers. Other Sedums 

 nearly allied to it are 5. dasyphyllum, S. 

 glanduliferum, S. farinosum, and S. brevi- 

 folium ; but though hardy on walls and 

 rocks, they have not the vigour of many 

 Stonecrops. 



S. LYDIUM. A pretty little plant from 

 Asia Minor, scarcely an inch high. For 

 edgings or slopes bordering footpaths it is 

 useful. It roots on the surface with great 

 rapidity. Very small pieces put in the 

 soil in spring soon form a mass of rich 

 evergreen verdure, scarcely an inch in 

 height and level as turf. 



S. MAXIMUM. Like S. Telephium, is 

 variable, there being no fewer than a 



S. RUPESTRE (Rock Stonecrop). A 

 densely tufted native plant, with rather 

 loose corymbs of yellow flowers. There 

 are several similar kinds, such as the 

 glaucous-leaved 5. pruinatum ; S. Fos- 

 terianum, with light green leaves ; and 

 I S. reflexum, of which there are several 

 varieties. 



S. SIEBOLDI. A beautiful Stonecrop 

 grown in pots. Its glaucous leaves in 

 autumn often assume a rosy-coral hue. 

 The plant is hardy, and merits a place in 

 the rock garden, especially where its 



; branches may fall without touching the 

 earth and its graceful habit may be well 

 seen. Grow in strong loam and mortar 

 rubble in fully exposed positions. An 

 excellent plant for vases in summer. 



j Japan. Division. 



