. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. 300 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. Stems, 6in. to Sin. long, of a greenish or purplish colour; the flower-stems are erect, from 4in. to 6in. high, and bear cymes of yellow flowers. S. lydiiim produces white flowers in June and July; the flowering stems are from 4in. to-5in. long, and the barren ones from 2in. to 3in. S. spectabile is a tall-growing species, from i2in. to i8in. high, suitable either for the rockery or for the mixed border ; it bears flat-topped cymes of pinkish flowers during September. Sempervivums (House Le
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. 300 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. Stems, 6in. to Sin. long, of a greenish or purplish colour; the flower-stems are erect, from 4in. to 6in. high, and bear cymes of yellow flowers. S. lydiiim produces white flowers in June and July; the flowering stems are from 4in. to-5in. long, and the barren ones from 2in. to 3in. S. spectabile is a tall-growing species, from i2in. to i8in. high, suitable either for the rockery or for the mixed border ; it bears flat-topped cymes of pinkish flowers during September. Sempervivums (House Leeks) comprise a number of interesting rockery plants, very varied in form and flower; they delight in a dry, sandy soil, and are easily propagated by off'sets taken from the old plants. S. a?'ach- ^Jh/j\ noideiim bears upwards of sixty to eighty leaves closely packed in a rosette; the flower-stems are about 6in. high, and bear crimson flowers in June. Shortia galacifolia is a beautiful plant for the rock garden. It grows from 3in. to 5in. high, and flowers during March and April. The flow^ers are large, solitary, and somewhat bell-shaped ; the petals are fimbriated at the edge, are first white, but as they grow^ older they become tinged with red. The leaves are ever- green, long-stalked, and roundish ; at first they are deep green, but in late summer they assume a beautiful bronzy-crimson fifty succulent leaves in a rosette, the tips of which are connected by long white hairs ; the flowering- stems are from 3in. to 4in. long, leafy, and bear several pink flowers up- wards of I in. in diameter. The variety LaggejH (Fig. t8o) is a robust form of the above, producing large rosettes of leaves. S. fimhria- tum has fifty to sixty leaves in a rosette, the outer ones turning green; the flower - stem rises from 6in. to Qin. high, and bears bright red or purple- flowers in July and August. S. mon- tanum has from Fig. 180.—Sempervivum arachnoideum Please note that these
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