BIBES 



STONEGBOP OBDEB 



COTYLEDON 437 



R. multiilorum. — A graceful shrub 5-6 

 ft. high, native of the Carpathian Moun- 

 tains. Leaves heart-shaped, 5-lobed, 

 hairy beneath. The greenish - yellovi' 

 flowers appear in May, and are borne in 

 graceful drooping racemes 4-6 in. long in 

 great abundance, thus giving the shrub a 

 distinct and even ornamental appearance. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



R. sanguineum (Floioering Currant). 

 A beautiful spineless shrub 4-10 ft. high, 

 native of N.W. America. Leaves heart- 

 shaped, 5-lobed, serrated, smoothish 

 above, rather hairy beneath. Flowers 

 in April and May, deep rose, in drooping, 

 downy racemes. 



There are a few varieties, but the 

 deeper and more brilliant-flowered ones 

 are best. The one called atroruhens or 

 splendens is very fine ; alhid/wm has 

 white flowers tinged with pink ; flore 



plena (Burning Bush) has beautiful 

 double flowers ; glutinosuin has pale 

 rosy flowers, and rather clammy foliage ; 

 and malvaoeum has lilac-tinted flowers 

 in short dense racemes, and roughish 

 hairy leaves with a white cottony down 

 on the under surface. Other varieties are 

 atrosanguineu7n and carnewm. 

 Culture do. as above. 



R. speciosum (Fuchsia - flowered 

 Cwrramt). — A handsome Californian 

 shrub, 6-8 ft. high, more or less hairy 

 and prickly. Leaves somewhat 3-lobed, 

 incised, crenate. Flowers in May, deep- 

 red, or crimson, 4-parted, cylindrical, 

 resembling some of the Fuchsias in ap- 

 pearance, drooping in small clusters, 

 and remarkable for the much-protruding 

 stamens. 



Culture Jtc. as above. Increased by 

 seeds or cuttings. 



XLI. CRASSULACEiE— Stonecrop and Houseleek Order 



An order containing 400 species of usually fleshy herbs with opposite or 

 alternate, sometimes united leaves, often crowded at the ends of the branches 

 in rosettes. Stipules none. Flowers usually in cymes, hermaphrodite, 

 regular. Calyx free, persistent, 3-5 rarely 6-30-parted. Petals 3-5, rarely 

 more, free, or more or less united. Stamens as many or twice as many as 

 the petals, perigynous, or nearly hypogynous, usually free. Carpels 3-5, 

 rarely more, free. 



GRAMMANTHES.— A genus with 

 one or two species, natives of S. Africa, 

 and having the characters here given 

 under the following species : — 



G. chlorsefolia. — A pretty half-hardy 

 annual 3-4 in. high, forming a dense tuft 

 of ovate acute, fleshy leaves about \ in. 

 long. Flowers in summer, orange-yeUow 

 at first, changing to red, with a distinct 

 Y-shaped mark at the base of each petal. 

 Calyx bell-shaped, 5-cleft to the middle. 

 Corolla tube with 5-6 spreading lobes. 

 Stamens 6-6, adnate to the corolla tube. 

 Oajpels 5-6. Q. gentianoides is similar, 

 with a profusion of crimson or scarlet 

 flowers tinged with yellow. 



Culture and Propagation. — The plants 

 thrive in dry parts of the rock garden and 

 may be raised from seeds sown in heat 

 about February or March. As the seeds 

 are very minute they require scarcely any 

 covering with soil. When the seedlings 

 are well above the surface they may be 

 pricked out into light rich sandy soil, and 



will be fit for transferring to the open 

 ground at the end of May or beginning 

 of June. Warm, sunny, and fairly dry 

 positions are necessary to grow this plant 

 well. Stagnant moisture at the roots is 

 fatal, and plenty of sunshine is essential 

 to secure the full expansion of the 

 blossoms. 



COTYLEDON (Navel Wokt). — A 

 genus with which is now included the 

 weU-known Echeveria. The main cha- 

 racters of Cotyledon proper are : Calyx 

 5-parted. Corolla gamopetalous, with 5 

 reflexed lobes. Stamens 10, inserted on 

 the corolla tube. Carpels 5, free. Natives 

 of the Cape. 



Echevenas differ chiefly in often 

 having leafy sepals, and in being mostly 

 natives of Mexico (one from Peru and 

 another from Japan). 



Cultv/re and Propagation. — These 

 plants thrive in ordinary well-drained 

 garden soil. They may be increased by 



