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PB ACTIO AL GUIDE TO GARDEN PLANTS 



SEDUM 



S. maximum. — A native of Europe 

 and Asia with erect green or purple stems 

 1-2 ft. high. Leaves stalkless, stem-clasp- 

 ing, about 3 in. long, ovate acute, more 

 or less heart-shaped, crenate-toothed. 

 Flowers late in summer, whitish, on long 

 stalks ; petals spotted with red at the 

 apex. 



There are many forms of this very 

 variable species, but hcematodes — a Portu- 

 guese variety — is perhaps the best of 

 them all. It has erect purplish stems 2-2 J 

 ft. high, and purplish, oblong ovate, blunt, 

 coarsely toothed leaves, about 5 in. long, 

 and flowers as in the type. Atropur- 

 pureum is another deep coloured form. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. populifolium. — A Siberian and N. 

 Amerian Stonecrop with rather woody 

 branching stems 12^18 in. high, furnished 

 with alternate stalked bright green leaves, 

 ovate acute in outline, unequally toothed 

 on the margins. The starry pink and 

 white flowers with purple stamens appear 

 from July to September in dense masses 

 at the ends of the shoots. 



Culture die. as above. A good plant 

 for the rock garden facing north or east. 

 Increased by cuttings of the non-flowering 

 shoots. 



S. pulchellum. — A handsome species 

 from the United States, with slender 

 trailing branches 3-6 in. long. Flowers 

 in summer, rosy-purple, ^ in. across. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. reflexum (S. collinum ; S. virens). 

 A variable evergreen species, native of 

 Britain, Europe &c., with trailing stems. 

 Leaves in 6-7 rows, crowded into a 

 conical mass, ^-f in. long, linear awl- 

 shaped, roundish, swollen at the base, 

 spreading or abruptly decurved. Flowers 

 in summer, yellow, | in. across, 4-8- 

 parted, on stems 8-10 in. high. The 

 variety monstrosum has flattened stems 

 and leaves clustered on top as in the 

 Cockscomb. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. roseum (Bhodiola rosea). — Rose 

 Boot. — A pretty British plant with fleshy 

 stems 6-18 in. long. Leaves 1-li in. long, 

 glaucous, larger and more crowded up- 

 wards, obovate oblong acute, toothed at 

 the apex. Flowers from May to August, 

 \ in. across, yellow or purplish. There 

 are one or two varieties. 8. involucratum 

 from the Caucasus is closely related. It 



has flat roundish toothed leaves and flesh- 

 coloured flowers produced from May to 

 July. 



Culture &c. as above. 



S. rupestre. — Another British species 

 with stout, loosely tufted, green or pinkish 

 stems. Leaves 5-I in. long, smooth, 

 linear-lance-shaped acute, swollen at the 

 base. Flowers in June and July, | in. 

 across, golden-yeUow, on leafy stems 6-10 

 in. high. The variety monstrosum, is a 

 rather slow-growing plant with flattened 

 (fasciated) twisted stems, on the upper 

 edges of which the glaucous leaves are 

 borne like the flowers of the Cockscombs. 

 S. albescens, 8. altissvmum, and 8. ele- 

 c/ans, all with yellow flowers, are closely 

 related and are useful for the decora- 

 tion of rockwork or for making edging 

 to borders. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. sarmentosum (S. carneum variega- 

 turn). — An elegant Chinese Stonecrop with 

 creeping and rooting stems bearing sessile 

 linear leaves either opposite or in threes, 

 and of a bright green edged with white. 

 The younger leaves are sometimes quite 

 white. The golden-yeUow star-like flow- 

 ers, although individually insignificant, 

 are produced in great profusion in cymes 

 or panicles in June and July. 



Culture dc. as above. An excellent 

 plant for the rockery or for hanging pots 

 &c. It is easily increased by cuttings of 

 the ends of the shoots. In the colder 

 parts of the country it requires protection 

 in winter. 



S. sempervivoides. — A very pretty 

 downy species 4-8 in. high, from Asia 

 Minor. Leaves in dense rosettes like the 

 Hovise Leek, 1 in. long, obovate wedge- 

 shaped ; those of the flower stem-clasping, 

 greenish-red, oblong, acute. Flowers in 

 July, bright red, over ^ in. across, on 

 hairy stalks. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. Sieboldi. — A pretty trailing Japa- 

 nese species, hardy in most parts of the 

 country but usually grown in greenhouses. 

 Leaves in whorls of 3, sessile or nearly 

 so, roundish, sinuate, bluish- green, with 

 pinky edges, about } in. wide. Flowers 

 in August, about i in. across, pinkisli, 

 numerous ; petals with a green spot on 

 the back near the top. The variety 

 variegatuni lias a central creamy white 



