THE AMATEUR'S FLOWER GARDEN. 1G1 
for edging flower-beds. It must not be supposed that they 
can live on nothing, though it is true they can get fab on 
short commons In planting houseleek to adorn the roof of 
a shed, or the turret of an imaginary castle in an artificial 
ruin, something must be provided for it to live on, and there 
SEMPERVIVUM ARACHNOIDES 
can be nothing better than a mixture of fresh cowdung and 
good loam, smashed up together into a sort of putty. This 
can be laid in a heap where the plant is to be placed, and it will 
not slide, even from a rather steep slope. Insert the crowns 
with as much stem and roots as can be got, and fix hem in 
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