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crimson ; summer ; seed or division. — A gem for chinks 

 in rocks, or on very sandy or peaty soils, in open and 

 bare positions ; it perishes in winter on clay. 



THE STONECROP FAMILY. 



Ewers's Stonecrop. Sedum Ewersii. Siberia. 

 Evergreen perennial ; 3 to 6 inches ; rose ; late summer ; 

 seed or division. — Rocks and old walls. 



Orange Stonecsrop. Sedum kamtschaticum. Siberia. 

 3 to 6 inches ; summer ; deep orange ; seed or division. 

 — Rocky and bare places, and banks. 



Siebold's Stonecrop. Sedum Sieboldii. Japan. 

 Perennial ; 2 to 4 inches ; pinkish ; late summer and 

 autumn ; division. — ^Warm, rocky banks. 



Great Stonecrop. Sedum spectdbile. Japan. A 

 stout perennial ; 15 to 24 inches; rose; autumn; divi- 

 sion or cuttings. — In any position where vigorous herbs 

 may be grown ; best in open spots, associated with fine 

 autumn plants, like Anemone japonica, the Tritomas, and 

 the large Statice. 



Webbed Houseleek. Sempervivum arathnoideum , 

 Italy. — Evergreen perennial ; 3 to 6 inches ; red ; 

 summer ; seed or division. — Rocks and bare stony banks, 

 or on mossy old walls and ruins. 



Glaucous Houseleek. Sempervivum calcareum. 

 France. An evergreen plant with glaucous rosettes ; 2 

 to 8 inches ; pale rose : late in summer ; division. — In 

 any position where the common Flouseleek may be 

 grown, and in any soil. A fine plant. 



Hairy Houseleek. Sempervivum hirtum. Italy. 

 Evergreen perennial ; 6 to 9 inches ; red ; summer ; seed 



