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two new Saxifrages — S. Maiccana * and S. Wilkommiana.\ 

 These were described by them as " two new species of the 

 S. palmata section, with showy tufts of large pure white 

 tiowers, on stems six to ten inches high." They added that, 

 though nearly allied to each other, they are quite distinct, 

 and might be regarded as two of the finest of the group. 

 The first of these, S. Maiceana, has now practically gone 

 out of cultivatiou ; but the second, S. WilkommiancL, is 

 still grown. 



Some two years after they were sent out, the late 

 George Wallace, of the Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh, 

 succeeded in raising from them a saxifrage now usually 

 known in plant catalogues as S. Wallacci of gardens. 

 This plant has become very widely known, and it is, 

 perhaps, one of the best of its kind, whether for bedding 

 purposes or as a pot plant. It has some qualities which 

 mark it as an improvement on both parents, since it lasts 

 longer in bloom than S. Mdiccana, and is of much superior 

 habit to >S', JFilkommiana, while it possesses a sweet scent 

 but faintly present in either parent. Messrs. Dicksons & 

 Co. procured the original plant from the raiser, and at 

 once proceeded to increase it, preparatory to sending it 

 out.;J; As many as 10,000 pots of it have been in stock in 

 Messrs. Dicksons' Xurseries at one time — for, although the 

 plant very rarely seeds, it is easily grown from cuttings. 

 It was distributed all over Britain and throughout the 

 Continent of Europe, as well as in America. 



As already stated, doubts have been thrown on its origin 

 and history, and it is chiefiy to set these doubts at rest, and 

 to give honour to whom honour is due in the raising of it, 

 that I have ventured to bring this subject to-night before 



*,*?. Mawenna^ Bator, fi^aired in the "Botanical Magazine,'" t. 6384, 

 was discovered by Mr. P. B. Webb, of Paris, in 1827, "in its only 

 known habitat, rocks of the Beni Hosmar range of mountains opposite 

 Tetuan," in Marocco, "at about 2000 feet elevation." He regarded it 

 as a form of ^'. (jlohulifera. It was not recognised to be a new species 

 until Mr. Maw gathered it in 1869, and it was introduced into cultiva- 

 tion by him. It is also figured in " Gardeners' Chronicle,'' 1871, 

 fig. olio. 



t Is the »S'. canaliculata, Boiss. et Reut., from the mountains of 

 Spain ■? 



i It was awarded a first-class certificate by the Royal Caledonian 

 Horticultural Society in 1878. The name was given at the suggestion 

 of Mr. James M'Xab. 



