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They are easily propagated by means of seed and the offsets. One 
or two kinds can also be propagated by cuttings. 
In offering these remarks, my principal object is to show the way 
in which they should be used to produce the best effect, and it may 
be mentioned that for several years past I have by examples in ray 
nursery attempted to show visitors the best way of employing them 
in the flower garden. 
First of all we have the Echeverias, which require the protection 
of a frame or greenhouse during the winter season. One of the best 
known is E. metallica, which has large bronzy leaves, curiously 
twisted, and not unlike the blades of a screw-propeller. This is best 
adapted for planting in the centre of small beds, or in circles, or 
panels of large ones, with a carpet of some dwarf-growing plant, 
such as Antennaria tomentosum or Sedum glaucum. Good speci- 
mens employed in this way are very effective, but it is not desirable 
for planting in masses, as is sometimes recommended. E. glauca 
metallica is a most distinct and valuable hybrid, for it possesses 
the bold handsome leafage of E. metallica, and the silvery white- 
ECHEVERIA SECUNDA GLAUCA. 
ness and compact habit of E. secunda glauca. It may, therefore, 
be employed with great advantage for edging large beds, and also 
for divisional lines. It has the great advantage that when once 
planted it requires no further attention to keep it in proper trim. 
Tlie most useful of the family is perhaps the dwarf-growing E. 
secunda glauca, which as an edging plant is quite unsurpassed. It 
forms pretty little rosettes from four to five inches across, and is 
most efective both when in and out of bloom. E. secunda makes a 
very good edging, but the leaves are green instead of silvery, and it 
is not so good for a marginal band, as it does not show so well 
against the grass, or box, as the case may be. Nevertheless, it is 
useful for some purposes. 
E. pumila makes a neat edging, and as it grows naturally in 
clusters, the offsets must not be removed in the same manner as from 
the other kinds. E. atropurpurea has dark purplish leaves, but 
although very distinct it is less useful than many others. E. pul- 
verulenta is very fine for choice beds, but as yet it is too expensive to 
recommend for general purposes. 
