OLD-FASHIONED GARDEN FLOWERS. 



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Saxifraga (Megasea) Ligulata. 



Nat. Ord. SAXIFRAGACE^E. 



ONE of the large-leaved species (see Fig. 87) compared with others 

 of the Megasea section, its leaves are strap-like, as implied by 

 the specific name. It is sometimes called Megasea ciliata, but 

 there is a large-leaved species, commonly called S. ciliata, which 

 is very distinct from this one, and it is all the more important 

 that they should not be confounded with each other, as S. ciliata 

 is .not very hardy, whilst this is perfectly so, being also one of 



FIG. 87. SAXIFRAGA (MEGASEA) LIGTJLATA. 



our finest herbaceous perennials, It comes to us from Nepaul, 

 and has not long been cultivated in this country. 



Its flowers are produced numerously on bold stout stems lOin. 

 high. Sometimes the flower-stem is branched. The pale but 

 clear rosy flowers are not only showy, but very enduring, lasting 

 several weeks. The leaves are six to ten inches long, of irregular 

 form, but handsomely ribbed and wavy; the new growths are 



