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ation, the greater number they produce. There is a variety 

 of this kind called the Biflora, or Two-flowered; which, 

 as this name implies, produces only two flowers on one 

 stem, but those are of a beautiful rose-red. Towards the 

 end of March divide a plant, which has filled the pot the 

 year before, into many small pieces, observing that each 

 piece has two or three fibres : plant half a dozen of these 

 in the middle of a small pot, filled with bog-earth and 

 loam, equal parts of each : water it, and place it in the 

 shade for a week ; then expose it to the morning sun, 

 water it once a day in dry weather, and in the spring the 

 pot will be covered with a profusion of bloom. 



This should be treated every year in the same manner. 

 It is very hardy, and disdains all tender treatment. 



The Round-leaved Saxifrage is a native of Austria, 

 Switzerland, Piedmont, &c. " We know of no species," 

 says Mr. Curtis, " belonging to this beautiful genus, whose 

 flowers, in point of prettiness, can vie with these." 



The roots should be parted in autumn: they require 

 a stiff" loamy soil and a shady situation, and must be kept 

 moist. 



White Saxifrage produces its flowers in April and May : 

 the Double-flowered variety is very commonly planted in 

 pots, to adorn halls, windows, &c. in the spring. It pro- 

 duces plenty of offsets ; and in July, after the leaves have 

 decayed, these should be taken off", and planted in fresh 

 unmanured earth. Till autumn it should be placed in the 

 shade, then removed into the sun, where it should remain 

 till the end of winter. 



