OEPINE. 



Scdum Telephium. Nat. Ord., 

 Crassulaceee. 



HE plant here represented is one of 

 the numerous species of house- 

 leeks, of which the common 

 stonecrop, another plant in our 

 series, supplies us with a 

 second example. They are also 

 called collectively stonecrops. 

 The first name refers to the 

 habit that many of the species, 

 and notably the Sempervivum 

 tectoTum, or common house- 

 leek, have of spring-ing up on 

 old thatched roofs or the tops 

 of walls. The first half of the 

 word is sufficiently explanatory 



in itself ; the second half is from the Anglo-Saxon leac, 

 a plant, literally therefore the house-plant. The second 

 name, the stonecrop, will need no explanation to those 

 who have seen the old stone walls and rocks in many parts 

 of the country one mass of golden blossom from the flowers 

 of the Sedum acre, or common stonecrop. Of the stonecrop 

 we have more to say elsewhere, but as the house-leek does 

 not appear in our series, we may just pause to refer to it. 

 It is a native of the mountain-ranges of central and southern 



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