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CULTLRE OF FAVORITE PLAXTS. 



of frost, being often seen piercing 

 soil, but will not disdain to grow 

 dice to the strength and beauty ol 

 \ idcd only that it be not stagnant. 



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te-lying snow. 

 c\ en a poor one, though of 

 eaf and Hower.' The more 

 In outdoor growth thev niai 



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good, rich 



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■ourse with some preju- 

 moisture the better, pro- 

 ly be left undisturbed for 

 \ears; and such anniurls as jSIignonettes, Petunias and the like, may be sown in the same 

 lieds while the Scillas are having their season of rest throughout the whole summer. 

 They are self-propagating by the outgrowth of their tubers, or by their ripened seeds, if 

 tiu- soil be not too much disturbed; and can of course be propagated by the cultivator in 

 line same way. The effect of a mass of their flowers blooming in the early spring amidst 

 the belated snow is picturesquely beautiful; they will bloom all the earlier for having been 

 planted in some quiet, sheltered nook. 'I'he Inillis can be taken up and cared for as in the 

 Crocus, but it is really of no advantage, as thev \\ill take care of themselves and do better 



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OMMOXLY known by the name of \\'all-]5e]5per, or Pepper-moss, 

 the Sedum acre is a low -growing, thick-lea\ ed plant of the Orpine 

 family. The Sedum Sieboldii is another species of a higher growth, 

 brought from Japan by the eminent traveler and Japanese explorer. 

 Dr. P. F. Von Siebold. Both are favorite rock plants, and extensively 

 cultivated in w indow s as a\ ell as for rock work, being of a hardy 

 requiring hut little care. The S. acre is much used for edgings or 

 and withstands the frost of e\en our northern latitudes. Spreading 

 dly along the ground, and rising to a height of from one to two inches, it 

 resembles a carpeting of moss, but surpasses these plants in bearing a very con- 

 siderable number of bright-yellow flowers during the season of bloom. Some 

 rocky, barren districts in Europe are rendered quite picturesque by the large 

 ■ the Sedum that grow in the Assures and on the ledges. The S. Sieboldii is a 

 . w ell as a larger plant than the S. acre, and its peculiar growth in pot culture ren- 

 ders it a more universal favorite. Its stems gracefully droop over the edge of the pot to 

 a length of from nine to fifteen inches, sending out a cluster of three roundish leaves at 

 inter\als about an inch apart along the whole length, and producing a terminal cluster of 

 greenish-white flowers to each stem. There are some varieties v\ ith \ery prettily varie- 

 gated lca\ OS, and some w ith the leaves alnicsl entirely w bile an.! ha\ ing a purplish fringe 



ent an appeaiance of wax leaves. 

 le nil n]aiiine, li<|ui(l or otherwise. 

 ; fill- Iw.j 111 thrri- nionths; and 

 1 length, aflrr the manner of the 

 .V dixisicns ,,r the old plant. A 

 .r large-leaved, which is rapidly 

 rallv of a variegated tolia-e, it 



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