OLD-FASHIONED GARDEN FLOWERS. 



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subject for our gardens, it is highly and deservedly esteemed ; its 

 attractiveness consists more in the numbers and arrangement of 

 the flowers than in any beauty which belongs to them indi- 

 vidually, though they are not devoid of that quality. 



Of the many hundreds of species and varieties of Saxifrages 

 which bloom during the month of June, this is one of the most 

 distinct and useful as a decorative flower, and where the 

 Saxifrages are grown in large collections, as they often are, 

 giving more than an ordinary amount of pleasure compared 



FIG. 92. SAXIFRAGA PYRAMIDALIS. 



(One-eighth natural size ; 1, single blossom, natural size ; 2, leaf, one-eighth 

 natural size). 



with collections of other genera, the kind now under considera- 

 tion always asserts itself as one of the first order of merit. Not 

 only in its blooming state, but all the year round, it is very 

 effective and striking; it is a free grower, having handsome, 

 large resetted foliage. 



The flowers, as will be seen by the one given, natural size, in 

 the illustration (Fig. 92), are of the common Saxifrage form, but 



