354 breck's xew book of flowers. 



SEDTIM.— Stone Crop. 



[The name from sedeo, to sit ; these plants, growing upon the bare rock, look 

 as if sitting upon it.] 



The species are low succulent plants, some of them 

 pretty, others curious ; but none of them remarkable in 

 any way. They seem destined by nature to clothe rocks 

 and dry arid places, after a certain portion of vegetable 

 soil has been generated by lichens and mosses. 



Sedum Siel)61dii. — Siebold's Sedum. — This is a hardy 

 perennial plant of considerable beauty aud interest, on ac- 

 count of its being one of the last to flower in the garden. 

 The leaves are very thick and succulent, of a glaucous green. 

 The flowers are very pretty ; pink ; in numerous heads ; 

 the last of October. This species flourishes in any good 

 garden soil. Some of the Sedums are suitable for 

 rock-work. 



SENECIO.— GrROUNDSEL. 



[Name from stnex, an old man, in allusion to the hoary appearance of the 

 pappus, or hairs upon the fruit.] 



Sen^cio aureus. — Golden Senecio. — This is a handsome 

 indigenous species, and makes a fine appearance in mea- 

 dows in May and June. From one to three feet high. 

 Flowers, a golden yellow or orange ; perennial. It is not 

 often introduced into the flower border, although much 

 handsomer than many plants that are cultivated. 



S. ^Icj^aus. — Jacobea, Groundsel or Rag- wort. — A 

 handsome annual in the open ground, or biennial in the 

 green-house. The double varieties are the only sorts 

 worth cultivating, of which there are a number of colors, 

 viz., double-purple, crimson, rose, flesh-colored and white. 

 The fine double sorts arc propagated from cuttings, which 

 grow very readily, not one in fifty failing. It is also raised 

 from seed, but few of the plants will produce double 



