GARDEN FLOWERS. 



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STONE CROP. 



(8EDUM ACRE.) 



Plumbago Larpentce is a beautiful blue-flowering plant of 

 a dense spreading habit, six to ten inches in height. The 

 flowers are in terminal clusters, 

 fine bright blue at first, but 

 changing afterwards to deep vio- 

 let. They appear in August, Sep- 

 tember, and October. Pyretlirum 

 uliginosum, giant daisy, is a 

 fine, effective, fall-blooming plant, 

 growing five feet high, and bear- 

 ing large white flowers with yel- 

 low centres. Rudbeckia maxima, 

 large cone-flower, is also a striking plant four to six feet 

 high, with large glaucous leaves and bright yellow flowers 

 with brown centres. The Sedums, live-for-evers, are excel- 

 lent plants for poor, shallow soil, and especially for rock- 

 work. Sedum acre, the common stone-crop, is one of the 

 best, as it is low-spreading and moss-like. It is particularly 

 good for carpeting, and displays num- 

 erous yellow flowers in summer. 



There are two excellent Japanese 

 stone-crops or Sedums that grow in 

 large tufts, with thick glaucous leaves 

 and rosy-purple flowers in clusters. 

 They bloom in late fall. The two 

 species are Sieboldii, special He or Fa- 

 baria, of which the last is the larger 

 and perhaps more showy. Senecio Japonica, a little-known 

 groundsel, belongs to the same family as the ragweed, one 

 of the most extensive in point of species to be found among 



SEDUM SPECTABILE. 



