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base and produced, en-ct above, compressed, 

 aciiniiiiate, eNtreiiiely succulent, smooth, rather 

 glaucous, frequently tinged with red; the lower 

 ones turned back ; when old they easily fall off: 

 the flowers are in a terminating subcynied pani- 

 cle, with many-dowered branches, for the most 

 part recurved : the flowers erect, bright yellow. 

 Jt is a n:itive of Europe, and is common here on 

 walls and thatched roofs, and rocks in the 

 northern counties, flowering in July. 



The ninth is a little smaller than the eighth : 

 the leaves closely imbricate (before flowering) 

 in five or six rows, glaucous, flatted a little, 

 acuminate ; on the flowering stem somewhat 

 remote, as in that sort, all erect, not bent back 

 at the point. According to Withering, the dis- 

 position of the leaves in five or six rows may 

 be best observed by viewing the plant with the 

 ends of the branches opposed to the eye : the 

 panicle subcymed, many-flowered, with the 

 branchlets scarcely reflexed : the flowers of a 

 briglst yellow or gold colour, often six-cleft. It 

 is a native of England and Wales, Sec, peren- 

 nial, flowering in July. 



This, as well as the above, is cultivated in 

 Holland and Germany to mix with lettuces in 

 salads. 



The tenth has a slender, fibrous, perennial 

 root: the stems several, a hand high, reclining 

 at the base, and then erect, round, tinged with 

 red : the leaves, on the flowering stems, pale 

 green dotted with purple, oblong, thickish, 

 round on one side and flat on the other ; towards 

 the top, under the flowers, more swelling and 

 shorter : leaves on young plants or barren shoots, 

 in bundles, glaucous, without any purple dots, 

 thinner, from a narrow base widening gradually, 

 and ending in a blunt point: the stems divide at 

 top into a few branchlets, forming a sort of 

 umbel, (or rather cyme,) bearing sessile, star- 

 like white flowers, stained with pale purple from 

 a purple groove running along the petals : these 

 are six, sometimes seven in number, keeled and 

 cusped. It is a native of Spain and Carinthia, 

 flowering in July. 



The eleventh species has a perennial, fibrous 

 root : the stems decumbent at bottom, and there 

 throwing out fibres; flowering stems upright, 

 from three inches to a span in height, round, 

 leafy, branched, smooth : the leaves scattered 

 thinly, spreading out horizontally, sessile, cy- 

 lindrical, very blunt, smooth, fleshy, somewhat 

 glaucous and generally reddish : panicle termi- 

 nating, alternately branched, subcymose, many- 

 fiowered, smooth. It is a native of Europe, on 

 rocks, walls and roofs, flowering in July. 



It is eaten by some as a pickle. 



The twelfth has also a perennial, fibrous root : 

 the stems numerous, growing in tufts, much 



branched, decumbent, and creeping at the base, 

 then upright, three inches high, smooth, round, 

 very leafy : the leaves closely imbricate, blunt, 

 flatted a little, from upright spreading, loose at 

 the base : the cymes lermniating, solitary, few- 

 flowered : the flowers erect, sessile. It is a na- 

 tive of Europe, flowering in July. 



The thirteenth species has the habit of the 

 preceding sort, but is somewhat larger: the 

 leaves are subcylindrical ; not ovate, and come 

 out mostly by threes in a double row, and hence 

 appear to be imbricate in six rows; this is most 

 obvious in the young shoots : they are very 

 spreading, loose at the base, and scarcely gib- 

 bous : the cyme is leafy: the flowers of a sjolden 

 yellow colour. It is not acrid. It is a native of 

 many parts of Europe, flowering at the end of 

 June. 



The fourteenth has an annual, fibrous root: 

 the stems in tufts, decumbent at the base, 

 smooth, red, leafy: the leaves mostly alternate 

 or nearly opposite, bluntish, somewhat glau- 

 cous, produced and loose at the base : the cymes 

 terminating, solitary, almost leafless, racemed : 

 the flowers erect, five-cleft. It is a native of 

 Britain and Norway. 



The fifteenth species is also an annual plant, 

 with an erect stalk, seldom rising above two or 

 three inches high : the leaves are of a grayish co- 

 lour: the flowers are small and white, and grow 

 at the top of the stalk, in a reflexed spike. It is 

 a native of the North of Europe. 



Ciillure. — These plants are all raised without 

 much difiiculty, by proper care and attention to 

 have the soil dry and of the poor sandy kind. 



Cvltiire in the Orpine sorts. — These may all be 

 readily increased by planting cuttings, during 

 the summer months, in light mould in a shady 

 situation, or in pots placed in similar situations. 

 The plants in the open ground, as well as those 

 in pots, slioidd be kept clean from weeds, and 

 be watered frequently when the weather is 

 dry. 



They may likewise be raised by parting the 

 roots, and planting them in a similar maimer in 

 the spring or autunm. When the plants are 

 once well established, they spread rapidly, and 

 recjuire little or no care. 



Culture in the Stonecrop kind. — These are 

 raised without much trouble, by planting out 

 their trailing stalks in the spring or summer sea- 

 son, which readily take root. They thrive most 

 perfectly on old walls, buildings, or rock-works. 

 Where cuttings or roots of the perennial kinds 

 are planted in some soft mud, placed upon such 

 situations, they quickly take root and spread into 

 the different joints and crevices, covering the 

 whole in a very short time. 



The seeds of the annual sorts also, when sown 

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