SAXIFRAGA. 



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5". caIyciJlo>-a, S. inteo-viridis, S. Kotschyi, 

 S. valdensis, S. squarrosa, and 5. diapen- 

 soides, all dwarf, and for the most part 

 difficult to grow, though their beauty amply 

 repays the trouble bestowed on them. They 

 should be grown in the same .way as S. 

 (iTsia. 



S, caespitosa, — A dwarf kind forming a dense 

 carpet arranged in neat tufts and studded in 

 summer with white blossoms. It succeeds in 



strong tufts in any good garden soil, and is 

 adapted for any kind of rock-garden, whether 

 grown in level tufts on the flat portions or in 

 sheets overhanging the brows of rocks. 

 Spain. Seed or division. .Similar to this 

 species are .S". paniailata, ladanifera, Wil- 

 koutiniana, geranioides, irnqua, ajtigcefolia, 

 and aqitatiia. 



S. ciliata. — One of the broad-leaved or 

 Mei^asca section, with large broad leaves 



Saxifraga pyramidalis (the great alpine Rockfoil). 



almost any situation in any garden soil, is 

 useful for margins to herbaceous borders, and 

 makes a beautiful covering for moist banks. 

 It is one of the most variable of Saxifrages, 

 its most distinct form being purpurea, with 

 rosy flowers. 



S. ceratophylla [Stag's-horn Rockfoil). — 

 This is really only a fine-flowered form of 

 S. trifurcata, an ornamental species of the 

 mossy section, with dark, finely-divided leaves 

 and numerous pure white flowers in loose 

 panicles in early summer. It quickly forms 



covered with soft hair, and carried on creeping 

 stems. The flower-stems are 6 to 9 in. high, 

 and bear numerous large flesh-coloured flowers 

 in spring. A native of North India, .9. ciliata 

 is suitable for open-air culture in the south of 

 England only, but is so handsome and dis- 

 tinct that it should be tried wherever it can be 

 grown. A sheltered nook in the rock garden, 

 partially shaded, suits it best. 



S. cordifolia.— This Siberian plant differs in 

 aspect -from the ordinary dwarf Rockfoils, 

 having ample heart-shaped leaves on long and 



