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seldom with white flowers; plant of a creeping habit, but of profusion of 

 spring flowers. 



37. Phlox reptans (Phlox repens verna"), another creeping American species, 

 with very fine flowers of a pink or mauve color. 



38. Plumbago Larpentce, a very dwarf, shrubby-like plant, with slender wiry 

 branches, covered with light green leaves, and in September with close trusses 

 of fine blue flowers at the ends of the stems. 



39. Primula cortusoides. This species is most fit for Window Gardening in 

 regard of its easy culture; it is a native of Siberia, and bears early in spring 

 fine pink flowers. 



40. Primula acaulis fl. pi., of very dwarfish habit, and double flowers of 

 white pale lilac, red, yellow and purple double colors ; shape like small roses. 



41. Pysidansthera barbulata, a very interesting American plant, growing in 

 the pine barrens of New Jersey and Carolina, of a moss-like habit, with beauti. 

 ful white flowers, which are in not opened buds of a fine rosy tint; a very 

 pretty species ; requires sandy peat soil. 



42. Ramondia pyrenaica, also a very distinct and interesting form ; very 

 dwarf in habit ; leaves stand in rosettes and close on the ground ; the large 

 flowers on stems of five or six inches in length, are of a purple violet, with 

 orange yellow centre ; native of the Pyrenees. 



43. Sanguinaria canadensis, the Blood Root, an interesting American plant 

 of dwarf habit, and with white flowers early in spring. 



44. Saxifraga aizoon, a native of high European and American mountains, 

 with leaves standing like silvery rosettes ; a very showy little plant. 



45. Saxifraga cotyledon, habit like silvery rosettes, with elegant pyramids 

 of white flowers. 



46. Saxifraga hypnoides, the mossy sasifraga forms, mossy tufts of the deep- 

 est green, with small white flowers. 



47. Saxifraga umbrosa, a very interesting species, with broad dark green 

 leaves and red spotted white flowers. 



48. Saxifraga sarmentosa and Saxifraga Sieboldii fol. variegata, both species 

 very well known, are suitable for Alpine groups. 



49. Sedum acre and hexangulare, the common stonecrop with yellow flowers. 



50. Sedum dasyphyllum, one of the most interesting Alpine plants of a 

 glaucous color, with creamy white flowers. 



51. Sedum Sieboldii fol. var. t an elegant well known plant, with light pink 

 flowers in summer and fall. 



52. Sedum carneum variegatum ; species with fine variegated leaves. 



53. Sempervivum arachnoideum, the cobweb houseleek from the Alps and 

 Pyrenees, with fleshy leaves in tiny rosettes, covered at the top with a white 

 down-like spider web. 



54. Sempervivum montanum; the leaves are very regularly arranged in fine 

 li^at green rosettes. 



