SEDUM 183 



some procumbent kind from Central Europe, with purplish 

 flowers in July, and glaucous leaves. 



S. anglicum. A native Stonecrop; has small, fleshy 

 leaves, and white-tinted flowers in July. 



S. asiaticum is an attractive plant from the Himalayas, 

 growing about twelve inches high, bearing in July yellow 

 flowers having orange-brown stamens. 



5. brevifolium. The Mealy Stonecrop is a pretty 

 evergreen from France which looks like a mass of silvery 

 rose-tinted globules of meal, the leaves being rounded 

 and covered with powder. The flowers are pink-white, 

 and appear in July, but the chief attraction is in the foliage. 

 It must be given a ledge in full sun. Closely resembling 

 this is 



S. dasyphyllum, having small, rounded leaves and 

 whitish flowers in July. It is a native of this country, 

 found on old walls. 



S. Ewersii. A very ornamental plant from the 

 Himalayas, with rounded, glaucous foliage, and clusters 

 of purplish flowers. It is of somewhat trailing habit, 

 and flowers in July and August. There is a variety 

 with rosy purple flowers, called turkestanicum. 



S. kamtschaticum. A Sedum from Kamtschatka, 

 bearing numerous prostrate stems with bright green 

 leaves, and yellow flowers in August and September. 



S. middendorfianum. A most distinct plant from 

 Amoor, with short, erect stems, and narrow leaves that 

 assume a bronze tint in autumn. The yellow flowers 

 are produced in flat heads in July. 



