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	Houseleek - LoveToKnow Garden
		Houseleek, Hens and chicks (Sempervivum) - Succulent rock and alpine plants, of which the common Houseleek (S. tectorum), often seen on old roofs and walls, is the most familiar.
		The small leaves of the young rosettes all turn inward, and appear of a purplish color, but in the full-grown rosettes are light green, the tips of the under side being of a decided chocolate-brown for nearly one-third of their length; the flowers are small and yellow.
		Common Houseleek (Sempervivum Tectorum) - Though a native of rocky places in the great mountain ranges of Europe and Asia, the common Houseleek, having been cultivated from time immemorial on housetops and on old walls, is well known to everybody.
	garden.lovetoknow.com /wiki/Houseleek (833 words)

	Houseleek - LoveToKnow 1911
		About 30 species are known in gardens, some of which are hardy perennial herbs, and grow well in dry or rocky situations; the others are evergreen shrubs or undershrubs, fit only for cultivation in the greenhouse or conservatory.
		The flowering stem, which is of rather rare occurrence, is about 1 ft. high, reddish, cylindrical and succulent, and ends in a level-topped cyme, reflexed at the circumference, of reddish flowers, which bloom from June to September.
		The houseleek has been known variously as the houselick, homewort or great houseleek.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Houseleek (362 words)

	Houseleek - The Natural History Museum - Country Cures
		When he was suffering from impetigo [bacterial skin infection] a visiting gypsy woman recommended breaking off a piece of houseleek and rubbing the sores with it.
		The houseleek was growing on the cottage roof.
		Houseleek has also been used to produce abortion, and treat 'almost any kind of sore'.
	www.nhm.ac.uk /nature-online/life/plants-fungi/country-cures/exhibit_houseleek.html (203 words)

	Hens-and-Chicks - Cacti and Succulents
		Houseleeks are native to the European lowlands and mountains where they are found in rocky places.
		Houseleeks were once grown on roofs as a protection against lightning and fire.
		The small blooms of all the houseleeks species occur on a stalk arising from the center of the rosette.
	www.bellaonline.com /ArticlesP/art11463.asp (502 words)

	botanical.com - A Modern Herbal \| Houseleek - Herb Profile and Information
		The Houseleek was dedicated of old to Jupiter or Thor, and bore also the names of Jupiter's Eye, Thor's Beard, Jupiter's Beard, Barba Jovis (in France, Joubarbe des toits), from its massive clusters of flowers, which were supposed to resemble the beard of Jupiter.
		In large doses, Houseleek juice is emetic and purgative.
		Galen recommends Houseleek for erysipelas and shingles, and Dioscorides as a remedy for weak and inflamed eyes.
	www.botanical.com /botanical/mgmh/h/houlee41.html (1028 words)

	Some Native Perennial Succulents of Europe - Cacti and Succulents
		Cobweb houseleek (Sempervivum arachnoideum) is common in the Mediterranean
		The mountain houseleek (Sempervivum montanum) grows in rocky places in the mountains of Spain, France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, and the former Soviet Union.
		Yellow houseleek (Sempervivum grandiflorum) is pretty much restricted to the mountains of Switzerland and Italy where it grows in rocky places.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art39072.asp (657 words)

	The Herb Wheel
		Houseleek (sempervivum tectorum), otherwise known as Sengreen, grows well on the dry, sandy, thin soil of rock gardens or - as is traditional - on drystone walls or roof tiles.
		The Romany suggest houseleek water - the result of boiling the herb - as a wash to cure warts, ringworm, impetigo and similar conditions, as well as corns and thecal cysts (lumps occurring on joints after falls or physical trauma).
		Houseleek can be eaten in salads or, infused as a tea, the herb is useful for throat infections and bronchitis, but it also effects abortion, and therefore must not be used by pregnant women, or those hoping to conceive.
	www.bewitchingways.com /columns/evelyn/04_03_07.htm (1317 words)

	Sempervivum \| Hen & Chicks \| Houseleek \| A Growers Guide
		Houseleeks reproduce sexually (flowers) or via lateral offsets from their rosettes, hence one of their common name, Hen and chicks.
		Houseleeks leaves and juice are applied externally (usually as a poultice, they are used to soothe many skin conditions and diseases, burns, bites, stings, etc. Houseleeks have astringent and cooling properties that simultaneously tightens and softens the skin.
		It is advised not to use it excessively as the plant is emetic and purgative.
	www.succulents.co.za /crassulaceae/sempervivum/sempervivum-hen-chicks-houseleek.php (839 words)

	Bryophyllum.com - Crassulaceae in Ancient Rome - Pliny the Elder
		We commonly know the Sempervivum as houseleek, 'Hen and Chicks' or Jupiter's Beard.
		Pliny uses several names for one species, but comparisons with other ancient authors lead to a certainty for attributing to modern species names.
		Other common names: Houseleek, Jupiter's Eye, Jupiter's Beard, Thor's Beard, Bullock's Eye, Sengreen, Ayron, Ayegreen, Donnersbart
	www.bryophyllum.com /b/antiquity (555 words)

	Houseleek (Site not responding. Last check: )
		More than 2000 years ago the fleshy Houseleek used to be some sort of insurance to secure against strokes of lightning, fire, storm and witchcraft.
		So greatly recognized was it then that about 800 AD Charlemagne demand for planting out houseleek on all roofs in his empire.
		However, the houseleek is today of no medical importance.
	www.hole.gs.rl.no /engl/garden/plants/taklok.htm (71 words)

	Hens-and-Chicks - Cacti and Succulents
		Whether you know it as hens-and-chicks or houseleek, these succulents are wonderful garden plants.
		Whichever houseleek you choose, it has rosettes arranged in clumps.
		The usual way to propagate houseleeks is to cut off the pups from an existing plant.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art11463.asp (513 words)

	Sempervivum-Cultivation
		The boom of the houseleeks, the "stone roses", is registered at the end of the 19.th / at the beginning of 20th century and is connected closely with the occuring of the rock gardens and the first colourful cultivars.
		The houseleeks were considered as stalely and simply, and - what is the same like a death judgement - as "simple" plants, as primitive, easy growers without any afforts of cultivation.
		And there is as an expelled authority of the native succulents, what includes the houseleeks, as well as the succulents generally Urs Eggli, who makes accessible the attraction of these alpine plants to a lot of tourists also in botanic trips in Switzerland.
	berg.heim.at /tibet/451704/semp-cult.htm (3986 words)

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		In September 1967 we found in a garden in Versailles leaves and whole rosettes of the houseleek, Sempervivum tectorum L., mined by stout syrphid larvae.
		Cheilosia caerulescens overwinters as a puparium in the soil under the rosettes of the houseleek.
		2: A rosette of leaves of the houseleek, Sempervivum montanum, sheltering two eggs of C. caerulescens at the base of the leaf.
	www.nottingham.ac.uk /biology/biologyTest/gilbert/syrphweb/Aguilar1988.doc (851 words)

	Paghat's Garden: Sempervivum arachnoideum var tomentosum
		Hence the preferred common name is Houseleek, & for this one in particular, Cobweb Houseleek because it develops a fine cocooning fuzz over its surface that resembles cobwebbing.
		They are typically sold amidst "mixed hens & chicks" & there'll be no way to detect the precise cultivated form because there are too many, but the light fuzziness & tendency for the balls to become all the same size makes the species generally easy to recognize.
		Houseleek has pink to white blooms on thick four inch tall stalks in summer, lasting into early autumn.
	www.paghat.com /cobwebhouseleek.html (390 words)

	Jovihappy
		In ieder geval bedankt voor het langskomen en prettige dag verder.
		Houseleeks, a popular name, comprise the two taxa Sempervivum and Jovibarba and belong to the large family Crassulaceae.
		Houseleeks are winterhardy plants, who forming a rosette,and the majority is from origin for a big part of the European mountains.
	www.jovihappy.nl /start.htm (577 words)

	www.houseleeks.co.uk - Bibliography (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Large collection of Houseleeks in this beautiful garden which is open all year round.
		The Royal Horticultural Society's garden in North Devon which houses a fine Houseleek collection.
		Just 5 miles from RHS Rosemoor the NCCPG National Collection® of Houseleeks is not routinely open to the public.
	www.houseleeks.co.uk /bibliography.html (276 words)

	skin_cosmetics
		In the same manner as milk of rose substituting juice of cucumbers for the rose-water.
		As milk of roses, No. 1, substituting expressed juice of houseleek for a pint of the rose-water.
		Oil of sweet almonds 4 oz., washed lard 8 oz., juice of houseleek 3 oz.; mix.
	www.herbdatanz.com /skin_cosmetics.htm (1521 words)

	Paghat's Garden: Sempervivum x 'Witcheri'
		In the first winter portrait, it takes a close inspection to detect the fine white hairs, which are evidence of the Sempervivum arachnoideum or cobweb houseleek in its hybrid history.
		The subsidiary association with the Moon recalls their former sacredness not only to Thor but to his wife Freya, herself a sorceress & manipulator of weather, as well as queen of erotic love & fertility, with which houseleeks were likewise associated.
		In Rune-lore, the houseleek remains the Herb of Freya.
	www.paghat.com /sempervivumwitcheri.html (483 words)

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