SE'DUM CCERU'LEUM. 
PURPLE STONECROP. 
Class. Order. 
DECANDRIA. PENTAOYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
CRASSULACE/E. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Afric a. 
3 inches. 
July, Aug. 
Perennial. 
in 1822. 
No. 774. 
This name is deduced from the Latin sedere, in 
allusion to its sitting closely on walls, or other places 
of its growth. 
Annual Sedums are rarely met with in cultiva- 
tion, and this is so pretty a plant, especially for 
rock-work, mounds, and the fronts of borders, that 
we hope to see it more generally introduced to the 
British parterre. It continues a long time in flower, 
but sometimes from the dampness of our seasons, it 
does not ripen its seeds. If, however, a demand 
arise for the seed, the attention of the continental 
seedsmen would not permit us to continue in want 
of that which they could so readily supply. Steam 
is now-a-days looked upon as the great propelling 
power, but steam is comparatively inert when 
compared with that moving principle — money. 
The former drives along gross matter, but the latter 
operates on men’s minds and keeps the whole world 
in active motion. 
Like the whole tribe of succulents, this plant de- 
lights in a dry sandy soil, and a warm aspect. If 
it be sown early in April it will be very ornamental 
through the latter part of summer. 
