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to find another Saxifrage that can so widely contrast with the 

 whole genus. 



It may be as well, in a few words, to refer to one or two 

 varieties ; and it shall only be from an amateur's point of 

 view, whose estimate of their worth or importance is based 

 entirely on their ornamental qualities under cultivation. Such 

 varieties, as far as I know, have not had any name giv^en them, 

 descriptive or otherwise, and I for one have no desire to see any, 

 as the genus is already overloaded with names. 



FIG. 88. SAXIFRAGA LONGIFOLIA. 

 (One-fourth natural size.) 



There is, first, a form whose main distinction is its dark 

 olive-green leaves ; the ends are rather inclined to be spathulate, 

 they are long, narrow, and arch well, rather nearer the centre of 

 the rosette ; this causes the end of the outer circle of leaves to 

 come flat on the ground. The whole specimen has a sombre 

 appearance compared with the. more silvery kinds. The second 

 form has broader leaves, is more distinctly toothed and spotted ; 

 as a consequence of their width, the leaves are fewer, and though 

 all the varieties are very formal, this is the most so. When by 



