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this family belong the candy-tufts, represented here by the 
evergreen candy-tuft, from southern Europe and Asia 
Minor, and the alpine rock-cress, from Europe and North 
America, one of the showiest flowers in early spring, its 
mantle of pure white flowers making it a conspicious 
object; there are many other species represented in this 
group. The caper family has as representatives the showy 
pedicellaria, a native of the Old World, and the clammy 
weed (Polanisia), from northern North America. The 
white and yellow cut-leaved mignonettes (Reseda) repre- 
sent the mignonette family. Across the path to the right, 
on the ridge and partly surrounding a rocky knoll, is the 
bed devoted to the orpine or stonecrop family, where there 
may be found many of the stonecrops (Sedum), among the 
more showy and attractive being: the great purple stone- 
crop, the great stonecrop, the white stonecrop, and the 
mossy stonecrop, all natives of Europe and northern Asia; 
the wild stonecrop from our own country; the Siberian 
stonecrop and the poplar-leaved stonecrop, both from 
Siberia; and a Japanese species, Siebold’s stonecrop; also 
belonging to this family are the houseleeks (Sempervivum), 
of which there are many representatives, all from the Old 
World, however, as these plants are not indigenous to the 
New World. Many other species of this family, not hardy 
in this latitude, may be found at conservatory range 1, 
houses 5 and 6. Across the path from the orpine family 
may be found the three beds devoted to the saxifrage 
family. The heart-leaved saxifrage, with its large, thick 
leaves, from Siberia, is one of the showiest plants here, 
sending up its large masses of pink flowers early in the 
spring, so early sometimes that they are nipped by the 
frost. Among other plants here may be mentioned: 
the alum-root, from the eastern United States; the two- 
leaved bishop’s-cap, from the northern United States; the 
Japanese plant, Rodgersia; and the shield-leaf saxifrage, 
from the western United States. Menzies’ saxifrage, from 
western North America, is interesting from the fact that 
