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MESEMBRYANTHEMUMS. From mesembria, midday, and 
anthemom, a flower; referring to the flowers opening on sunny 
days. Theleaves are variable in shape, sometimes thick and fleshy, 
sometimes round and resembling the portulaca; frequently they 
are most curiously formed. The flowers are white, blush, pink, 
rose, bronze-red, crimson, magenta, and various shapes of yellow, 
and have a beautiful satin-like gloss. They measure from 3 of an inch 
A GROUP OF MESEMBRYANTHEMUMS 
to 3 inches in diameter. "They will grow in any soil, and love the hot 
sin, and are especially suited to dry places and for covering hill- 
sides or bare places, or drooping over banks or for borders, or for baskets 
on verandas. A plant in full bloom is so completely covered with flow- 
ers asto be perfectly dazzling. Four varieties; 10c to25c each. Rooted 
cuttings, $3.00 per hundred. 
