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season. This kind is best increased by seeds when they are 

 to be procured : these should be sown in May or June, and 

 the young plants potted sii.'gly, using a compost of sandy 

 loam, and keeping them sheltered from much wet and damp 

 in cool frames through the first winter, when they may be 

 planted out. When seeds are not to be had, cuttings must be 

 planted in June or July in sandy soil under hand-lights, and 

 these young plants wintered as before. A store of young 

 plants should be so preserved annually. For a dwarf bed in 

 a flower garden this species is well suited, on account of the 

 mass in which its blossoms are produced : when so planted 

 the surface should be covered with stones, over wdiich the 

 branches of the Saponaria delight to spread. S. Calahrica is 

 a beautiful annual, of very much the same character in other 

 respects. 



SARRACENIA. Side-saddle Flower. [Sarraceniaceae.] 

 Half-hardy herbaceous perennials. Sphagnum moss and fibry 

 peat. They require a frame at all seasons — in winter as a 

 protection against frost, in summer to keep them moist. Divi- 

 sion. S. Drummomli, S. fiava, S. minor, S. j^^f-U^urea, S. 

 rubra, and S. variolaris are all interesting plants, remarkable 

 for the pitcher-like form of the leaves. 



SATYRIUM. [Orchidaceae.] Greenhouse tuberous- 

 rooted perennials, requiring the treatment of Orchis. Soil, 

 peat and fibry loam well drained. All the species are in- 

 teresting. 



SAXIFRAGA. Saxifrage. [Saxifragacese.] Hardy 

 perennials of close-tufted growth, mostly of small stature and 

 of simple beauty. All the species are admirably suited for 

 rockwork, thriving when planted on raised banks among rough 

 stones, which they soon cover with their matted branches. 

 One species, 8. umbrosa, familiarly called London Pride, is 

 one of the most valuable of plants for town gardens ; in fact, 

 it thrives anywhere, as well in the midst of smoke and shade 

 as in the piQ'e air: this grows a foot or more high, and has 

 pink flowers prettily spotted, which are produced about May. 

 They flourish in any kind of light soil, and increase to any 

 extent by division. The London Pride is sometimes planted 

 as an edging to flower-borders, and looks very pretty, but re- 

 quires to be frequently replanted. 



