8. pulchellum has a bright succulent green foliage. Its pink 
flowers are arranged on the stems in rays to suggest a starfish. 
S. reflexum has grey foliage which colors in winter and 
yellow flowers in June eight inches tall. 
8. Sieooldii has fat grey leaves on eight-inch prostrate sheets, 
ending in a bright pink bloom in October. 
Sempervivum Sempervivum of many kinds are grown for their fat succulent 
rosettes. (I) 
8. arachnoideum is small with neat woolly balls of rosettes. 
8. Pittonii has medium sized rosettes. 
8. tectorum has large rosettes. 
Silene 8ilene alpestris forms rambling tufts of deep green leaves 
from which spring dainty sprays of white flowers 5 in. high 
in June. 
S. pennsylvanica is a native with pink flowers 6 in. high. 
Thymus Thymus serpillum is a 1-in. creeper with magenta flowers 
for a sunny well-drained spot. 
T. serpyllum alba is a sheet of white 1 in. high when in flower. 
T. serpyllum lanuginoso has grey woolly foliage. 
T. citriodorus, grown for its Lemon Verbena-like odor, is a 
mass of deep green. ' 
Tunica Tunica Saxifraga is a misty cloud of small pink flowers on 
thread-like stems 10 in. high arising from tufts of grass-like 
foliage. Seedlings appear everywhere. 
Veronica Veronica incana forms a large mat of grey leaves with 
sapphire flowers on spikes in midsummer. 
V. prostrata has 4-in. spike of lavender -blue flowers in May. 
V. repens is a 1-in. creeping mat of deep green, flowers are 
pale blue in May. 
V. teucrium or rupestris is indispensable with spikes of 
intense deep azure blue. The white form of the above is also 
good. 
Many worthy species and varieties have, had to be omitted 
on account of lack of space. 
Mary F. "Wright. 
Some Decorative Herbs 
The list of medicinal and culinary herbs is long and some- 
what dull to the casual glance. Man3 j- of them do not attract the 
gardener much more in the beds than on the page and are 
usually grown for sentimental reasons, aside from the few that 
are used for household purposes. A small number, however, 
are wry lovely in themselves and can be planted for color effects 
in r ide border among shrubbery, or where a semi-wild plant- 
ing, being used. For ground covers and for edging, and among 
rocks, there are several most invaluable varieties. The flowering 
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