SAXIFRAGA. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. SAXIFRAGA. 



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little before the leaves, on stalks i to 2 feet 

 high, and in loose clusters 3 to 6 inches in 

 diameter. It is found beside streamlets 

 and also in woods throughout the Sierra 

 Nevada of California, and is best in deep, 

 moist, loamy soil. Division or seeds. 



S. PURPURASCENS. A brilliant member 

 of the Megasea section. The stem is 12 to 

 1 6 inches high, and the flowers are pro- 

 duced in pendent masses of red and purple. 

 The ample foliage takes on charming 

 autumn tints in purple and crimson. 



S. SARMENTOSA (Mother of Thousands). 

 A well-known plant, with roundish leaves 

 and numbers of slender runners spreading 

 Strawberry fashion. It grows freely in 

 the dry air of a sitting-room, and may 

 often be seen in cottage windows, but is 

 most at home running wild in the cool 

 greenhouse or conservatory, where it 

 flowers during summer. In mild parts of 

 England it lives in the open air, and may 

 be used with Ferns and other creeping 

 plants. There is a pretty but rather 



Saxi/raga Wallacei. 



Succeeds best in a moist peaty soil in a 

 rather sheltered spot. Himalayas. 



S. ROCHELIANA (Rochel's Rockfoil). A 

 compact and dwarf kind, forming dense 

 mounds of silvery rosettes of tongue- 

 shaped leaves with white margins and 

 distinct dots. In spring appear large white 

 flowers on sturdy little stems. There is 

 no more exquisite plant for the rock 

 garden, pans, and for small rocky or 

 elevated borders. Any free, moist loam 

 suits it, and in London it thrives on 

 borders exposed to the full sun. Austria. 



S. SANCTA. A beautiful species, forming 

 a dense mass of deep green foliage, studded 

 in early spring with bright yellow blossoms 

 on short stems. It grows freely in any 

 position in the rock garden, but needs 

 moisture and free exposure to flower well. 



delicate form in which the leaves are 

 finelv variegated with yellow and crimson. 

 China. 



S. STRACHEYI. A strong-growing plant 

 of the Megasea section, with leaves nearly 

 as broad as long. Its flowers, pro- 

 duced on broad branching panicles, are of 

 a light pink with a shade of lilac. It is 

 hardier than its closest ally, S. ciliata, 

 blooms in March, and should be sheltered 

 against bleak winds. It is suited for 

 borders and rock gardens. 



S. TENEJ.LA. A handsome plant, form- 

 ing tufts of delicate fine-leaved branches, 4 

 or 5 inches high, which root as they grow. 

 The flowers, which appear in summer, are 

 numerous, whitish-yellow, and arranged 

 in a loose panicle. Similar in growth are 

 5. aspera, S. bry aides, S. sedoides, 5. 



