. Our garden flowers; a popular study of their native lands, their life histories, and their structural affiliations. Flowers. GRASSULACEyE-ORPINE FAMILY LIVE-FOR-EVER. GARDEN ORPINE Sedum telephium. Sedum, from sedeo, to sit; because many of the species grow upon rocks. A survivor of early gardens, now rarely cultivated, but found on aban- doned farms, and by the way-sides in New England and the Middle West. June-September. Stem.—Stout, erect, leafy, one to two feet high. Leaves.—Scattered, smooth, fleshy, wavy-toothed, pale-green. Flowers.—Small, pinkish-purple, in a terminal compound cyme;
. Our garden flowers; a popular study of their native lands, their life histories, and their structural affiliations. Flowers. GRASSULACEyE-ORPINE FAMILY LIVE-FOR-EVER. GARDEN ORPINE Sedum telephium. Sedum, from sedeo, to sit; because many of the species grow upon rocks. A survivor of early gardens, now rarely cultivated, but found on aban- doned farms, and by the way-sides in New England and the Middle West. June-September. Stem.—Stout, erect, leafy, one to two feet high. Leaves.—Scattered, smooth, fleshy, wavy-toothed, pale-green. Flowers.—Small, pinkish-purple, in a terminal compound cyme; its parts varying from four to five, usually five. Sepals.—Five, ovate, acute. Petals.—Five, twice as long as the sepals. Stamens.—^Ten; alternate ones adhering to the base of each petal. Pistils.—Five, tipped with a short style; ripening to follicles. Country children know the Live-for-ever be- cause the under skin of its fleshy leaves can be loosened by childish fingers and the leaf then blown up like a bladder. The plant blooms but sparingly; indeed, many people suppose it never blooms at all; it spreads by rooting at the nodes. It is very tenacious of life, and though long since discarded from the garden list, has lived in odd corners and by the roadside in ap- parent contentment. All comes, the proverb says, to one who waits, and the waiting Live-for-ever is welcomed back to-day to the rock garden where its merits are appreciated and its place assured. 227. Leaf of Live-for-ever. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Keeler, Harriet L. (Harriet Louise), 1846-1921. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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