OLD-FASHIONED GARDEN FLOWERS. 



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Answers to the colour of the pretty Saxifrage under notice, and it 

 is far from a common one in foliage. 



The flowers differ but slightly from those of other encrusted 

 forms of the genus, but they are a creamy white, arranged in 

 small panicles on short and slender stems. They are sparingly 

 produced in May and June. The leaves are ^in. long, aggregate 

 or in miniature rosettes ; in shape, linear-oblong, recurved, and 

 keeled. The upper surface is concave, having marginal dots, 

 evenly disposed; the dots are bright and excavated, and some of 

 -the leaves (those of the stems) are scale formed. The glaucous 



FIG. 82. SAXIFRAGA CJESIA MAJOK. 

 (1, single rosette, natural size.) 



or lavender-blue colour is beautifully enlivened with the crystal 

 dots. Its habit reminds one of the more distinct forms of 

 lichens, and, when it is grown with suitable companions on 

 rockwork, it has a happy way of showing and adapting itself in 

 such situation ; besides, its colour then shows with more effect. 



There is a variety of this species not yet in general cultivation, 

 and it cannot be too strongly recommended to lovers of the 

 finest forms of rock or alpine plants. It is called S. c. major 

 (see Fig. 82). The name at once suggests the main difference 



