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one leaf to another; flowers of brightest rose. Alpine 

 rocks, specially of Valais and Ticino. July-August. S. 

 Tauconnetti, which is found on Reculetand in a few places 

 in Valais, is intermediate between tectorum and arachnoi- 

 deum-, the leaves are finely glandular, glabrous, but fringed 

 with long, woolly hairs, the upper ones forming a floc- 

 culent termination; flowers large, rose. July-August. 

 In S. Funku the leaves of the rosettes have a deep fringe, 

 are pubescent-glandular on both surfaces, but the hairs 

 of the fringe are much longer than these bearing the 

 glandules. Rare; Grisons and Valais. S. alpinumhzs thick, 

 oblong leaves; flowers of beautiful, bright rose, veined 

 with purple; petals narrow and ciliate. Rather rare; Valais 

 and Grisons. 



Switzerland has two Sempervivumswith yellow flowers; 

 S. Wulfeni from the granitic Alps of the Grisons, distin- 

 guished by the glabrous underside of the leaves, which 

 are large, bluish-green in a stout, shallow rosette with 

 a brown centre; beautiful lemon coloured flowers; and 

 S. Gaudini with pubescent-glandular leaves, russet-brown 

 at the tip, and scented like resin; flowers of luminous 

 pale yellow, the petals three times as long as the calyx. 

 This last species belongs to Italy and has been found on 

 the south side of the Valaisian Alps at Zwischbergen, 

 that is, near the Italian frontier. Madame Julia Correvon 

 discovered in 1887 a gloriously rich habitat on the north 

 slope of the Alps, in the neighbourhood of Liddes, so 

 that the plant is really indigenous in Switzerland. 



House-Leeks are excellent rock-plants ; they love full 

 sun and are most obliging as to soil. Their unique foliage, 

 sometimes jewel-like in its perfect symmetry, makes them 

 firstrate for the decoration of rocks, walls, gardens and 

 even for cultivation in pots in windows and balconies. 

 There are numerous different varieties and forms; and 

 the number of amateur collectors is ever on the increase ; 



