. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. Fig. 661.—S. Fabaria, or S. spectabile. Fig. 660.—Sedum Sieboldii. as 5. Fabaria (fig. 661), freely sow themselves, so care must be taken that the coarser varieties do not propagate themselves to the destruction of the weaker. They grow well in fresh soil, but degenerate when they remain long in one situation. All the cultivation required is to prevent them from overrunning each other, or being overrun by other plants. In a plot of arid ground probably no class of plant
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. Fig. 661.—S. Fabaria, or S. spectabile. Fig. 660.—Sedum Sieboldii. as 5. Fabaria (fig. 661), freely sow themselves, so care must be taken that the coarser varieties do not propagate themselves to the destruction of the weaker. They grow well in fresh soil, but degenerate when they remain long in one situation. All the cultivation required is to prevent them from overrunning each other, or being overrun by other plants. In a plot of arid ground probably no class of plants can give so much satisfaction for so little trouble. They will cover the top of a wall, and make a posi- tion by nature the most uninteresting, assume by art all the loveliness of a flower garden. The Sempervivums are an interesting tribe, as they live where almost any other plant would perish, even on blocks of sandstone, with scarcely a trace of vegetal mould. Many fig. 661 fl:.-Sempervivum tectomm species live out-of-doors throughout the year, but some require pro- tection in winter. The Sempervivum tectorum (fig. 661 a) is the only British species. 5. montanum (fig. 662) is perfectly hardy. 5. caK- fornicum (fig. 663) is both showy and useful for the edging of flower-. 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 Smee, Alfred, 1818-1877. London, Bell and Daldy
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