. Our garden flowers; a popular study of their native lands, their life histories, and their structural affiliations. Flowers. ORPINE FAMILY The genus Sedumxmmhers about one hundred and fifty species, of which thirty are within the limits of the United States. Any rock garden can successfully use the wild Sedums of its locality; all the species are good cover plants, and many bloom abimdantly. Of cultivated Sedums, probably Sedum here, Stonecrop, Wall Pepper, Love Entangle, is the species most commonly used. It is native to Eng- land and well known to the people, as its three names testify. Th
. Our garden flowers; a popular study of their native lands, their life histories, and their structural affiliations. Flowers. ORPINE FAMILY The genus Sedumxmmhers about one hundred and fifty species, of which thirty are within the limits of the United States. Any rock garden can successfully use the wild Sedums of its locality; all the species are good cover plants, and many bloom abimdantly. Of cultivated Sedums, probably Sedum here, Stonecrop, Wall Pepper, Love Entangle, is the species most commonly used. It is native to Eng- land and well known to the people, as its three names testify. The bar- ren stems are creeping and branched, two or three inches long; the leaves small, crowded; the flowers yellow, starry, half an inch across in forked cymes. Much used for edging and carpeting, as it will thrive in poor soil. There is a variety that in spring shows yellow leaves; these usually change to green in midsummer. Sedum stolonlferum, from Asia Minor, makes an admirable ground cover three to four inches thick, brightened by clusters of rose- pink flowers. The fleshy leaves at first seem whorled, but as the stem lengthens they become alternate. Showy Sedum, Sedum specthMle, is a favorite both for its foliage and its flowers, which vary from rose to purple. It varies greatly in habit, foliage, and inflorescence; blooms in September or later, and is believed to be a native of Japan. Sedum ternatum, a species found in rocky woods from New England to the Mississippi, does very well in the rock garden. The leaves are flat; the lower whorled in threes, wedge-obovate; the upper scattered, oblong. The cyme is three- spiked, leafy, and the petals white. It is a typical example of the genus. There is a group of succulent herbs with thick and fleshy leaves which are used with the Sedums as bedding plants. They appear 228. Stonecrop. SHum cicre. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration
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