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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 I, 

 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 



