. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. Stonecrop, or Wall Pepper Sedum acre (X %)• afiim," Hort., is probably a variegated form of this species. 19. stolonlJerum, Gmelin (S. sphrinm, Bieb.). Bar- ren stems trailing, marked with annular scars, rooting at nodes: ascending ti in. high: Ivs. opposite, spatulate, coarsely toothed above, th
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. Stonecrop, or Wall Pepper Sedum acre (X %)• afiim," Hort., is probably a variegated form of this species. 19. stolonlJerum, Gmelin (S. sphrinm, Bieb.). Bar- ren stems trailing, marked with annular scars, rooting at nodes: ascending ti in. high: Ivs. opposite, spatulate, coarsely toothed above, the margins studded with hyaline papillae: fls. pink (or white), % in. across, in cymes 2 in. across; anthers reddish. July, Aug. Asia Minor, Persia. 2370. Gn. 27, p. 1891, p. 523. —Commoner in cult, abroad. "It has the disadvantage of affording cover for snails," but "one always knows where to look for the ; 20. oppositiJolium, Sims. Very close to S. stolonife- rnm, but the Ivs. are brighter green, more regularly decussate, and as they are broader at the base they overlap one another a little and produce a neater ap- pearance than in S. stolonifernm. Fls. white or whitish. Anthers orange, according to Masters, but yellow in 1807. Aug. Caucasus, Persia. 21. fiwersii, Ledeb. (S. aztireum, Eoyle, not Desf.). Stock thick, giving off many trailing or ascending slen- der branches: Ivs. opposite, sessile, cordate, clasping, entire or slightly wavy: fls. pink or pale violet, in dense globose cymes. Aug., Sept. Himalayas, Siberia. —Mas- ters says it is rather tender in cult., but well worth pot culture. Var. Turkest4nicum, according to J. W. Manning, grows i in. high, has deep violet fls. in Sept. and and is hardy in Mass. 22. Anac^mpseros, Linn. Glaucous, barren branches rooting at nodes: erect, reddish; Ivs. bluish green, orbicular or obovate-obtuse, cordate, auricled,' greenish with reddish margins: fls. viol
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