38 AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS. 
gardens, not native, is S. crasstfolia, whose 
dense panicles of lilac flowers bloom in spring ; 
the leaves are large, oval, and shining. Later, 
the clustered flowers, a vaceme, spread out 
SAXIFRAGE 
and form branching curves. The pretty old- 
fashioned plant often suspended in windows, 
and sending out long, pendulous stems, like the 
