Succulents 



raking it over to make it smooth n the surface, breaking any 

 lumps which may be left, so that, in planting, the dibble may be 

 worked easily and quickly. 



SEDUM. 



Sedum is a genus of 

 over one hundred species 

 most of them with fleshy 

 leaves and yellow, white or 

 pink flowers, although one 

 or two, such as Sedum 

 sempervivum, have scarlet 

 flowers. Sedums are of 

 very easy culture, prefer- Sedum. 



ring a light sandy soil and 



a sunny situation and being exceedingly useful for covering 

 dry banks and rocky ridges away from the hose or in the thinnest 

 soils. They are also effective for window-boxes or for carpet- 

 bedding. 



Propagate by cuttings placed in sandy soil in a sunny shel- 

 tered situation in Spring, or by seeds sown in February. Cover 

 the seeds to the depth of one-eighth of an inch. When the seed- 

 lings are an inch or two high, prick them off, two inches apart, 

 in pots or boxes, planting them in their permanent places in May. 



SEMPERVIVUM (Houseleek). 



A genus comprising fifty or sixty species, natives of Madeira, 

 Asia Minor, Abyssinia, and the Western Himalayas, bearing 

 white, pink, yellow or purplish flowers and thick fleshy leaves, 

 useful in carpet-bedding and for small rockwork. 



Propagate by offsets taken from the parent plant in early 

 Spring and planted in any sunny situation, in light sandy soil, 

 about two inches apart. 



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