STONE-CEOP, OE 

 WALL-PEPPEE. 



Sedum acre. Nat. Ord., Crassulacea. 



HE common stone-crop will 

 doubtless be familiar to most 

 ; of our readers, as it is not only 

 frequently found in a wild 

 state,, but is, like the primrose, 

 the foxglove, and many other 

 plants, often transplanted to 

 the garden, where it clothes 

 readily with its verdure any 

 old wall-top or rockwork. Its 

 great fault, indeed, is its too 

 great readiness to make itself 

 at home. We remember once 

 thinking how capital an edging 

 it would make to some flower- 

 borders; its close, compact, evergreen foliage, delighting the 

 eye, to be in the flowering season transformed into a band 

 of golden yellow still more striking. "We put our idea into 

 practice, but soon found how encroaching it became, as it 

 spread beyond all reason into the body of the border ; but 

 by running a planting cord along each face, we were able 

 with a sharp spade-edge to chop all neat and true again, 

 and to diminish its width to reasonable proportions. " All's 

 well that ends well/' and the reverse of this is as true an 



