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WILD FLOWERS. 



LIVE-LONG, STONECROP, ORPINE. 



Sedum. 



Welsh, Brwydog, Bywlys, Briweg; (Sedum Anglica), Gwen- 

 nith y brain. French, Orpin. German, Hauswurz, Haus- 

 wurzelj Haus laub, Dach laub. Italian, Favagello. 

 Spanish, Telefio, Fabacras. Arabic, Hay alem. 



LINN^EAN. NATURAL. 



Decandria. Cressulacece. 



Pentagynia. Sedum. 



* * " HAUSWURZEL aufs 



Dach gepflanzt, schlagt der Donner nicht im Haus. 



says the old proverb of the Germans, who extend the 



rights of hospitality 

 equally to the sacred 

 stork, which so trust- 

 ingly nestles in the roof, 

 and to the stonecrop 

 which clings so closely 

 to the thatch ; and 

 that some such super- 

 stition should be at- 

 tached to it is not 

 wonderful, when we 

 consider the unusual, 

 dry, and to all appear- 



LIVE-LONO OR STONE C ROP.-SMm. ^^ ^ yery promi g. 



ing situation which it selects as its chosen dwel- 



