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SEDUM.—SrTone Crop. 
[The name from sedeo, to sit; these plants, growing upon the bare rock, look 
as if sitting upon it.) 
The species are low succulent plants, some of them 
pretty, others curious; but none of them remarkable in, 
any way. They seem destined by nature to clothe rocks 
and dry arid places, after a certain portion of vegetable 
soil has been generated by lichens and mosses. 
Sedum SiebéldiiimSiebold’s Sedum.—This is a hardy - 
perennial plant of considerable beauty and interest, on ac- 
count of its being one of the last to flower in the garden. 
The leaves are very thick and succulent, of a glaucous green. 
The flowers are very pretty; pink ; in numerous heads; 
the last of October. This species flourishes in any good 
garden soil. Some of the Sedums are suitable for 
rock-work, 
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SENECIO.—Grovnpsst. 
[Name from senex, an old man, in allusion to the hoary appearance of the 
pappus, or hairs upon the fruit.] 
Senécio atireus.—Golden Senecio.—This is a handsome 
indigenous species, and makes a fine appearance in mea- 
dows in May and June. From one to three feet high. 
Flowers, a golden yellow or orange; perennial. It is not 
often introduced into the flower border, although much 
handsomer than many plants that are cultivated. 
§. élegans.—Jacobea, Groundsel or Rag-wort.—A 
handsome annual in the open ground, or biennial in the 
green-house. The double varieties are the only sorts 
worth cultivating, of which there are a number of colors, 
viz., double-purple, crimson, rose, flesh-colored and white. 
The fine double sorts are propagated from cuttings, which _ 
grow very readily, not one in fifty failing. It is also raised 
from seed, but few of the plants will produce double 
