462 THE PLEASURE, OR [AUG. 



of several little grains or knobs, attached to a main fibre, and throw- 

 ing out small fibres from their base : the stem is erect, round, 

 branched, and paniclecl at top, usually from eight to ten inches 

 high, producing in April and May, beautiful bunches of double 

 white flowers : its leaves are somewhat fleshy, lobecl and cut ; 

 those next the root on long foot-stalks ; those on the stem alter- 

 nate, subsesile. 



It is commonly cultivated in pots, to adorn windows, rooms, Sec. 

 )3nd affords one of the best specimens of what is called a granulous 

 root. 



The foliage of this species is generally decayed about this time ; 

 therefore the roots may be taken up in little bunches attached to 

 fibres, and planted immediately in pots of good fresh earth ; they 

 are not to be covered more than an inch deep ; the pots must be 

 placed in the shade, till October, and gently watered at intervals ; 

 late in autumn the foliage will begin to appear, and on the approach 

 of winter, the pots should be placed in a garden frame, where they 

 may have some slight protection from severe frosts. The plants 

 are tolerably hardy, and in mild winters will survive in the open 

 ground. 



The Saxifraga umbrosa^ or London pride, may, towards the end 

 of this month, be propagated by slips from the root. This makes 

 a good edging for beds and borders, and is perfectly hardy. The 

 flowers are produced in panicles, on stems of about a foot high ; 

 they arc small but numerous, of a white or flesh-colour, spotted 

 beautifully with yellow and red, having also red pistils. It is a na- 

 tive of Ireland, growing in a wild state near the lake of Killarney, 

 on the mountains near Sligo, on Croagh Patrick, in the cor.nty of 

 Mayo, and in various other parts ; it is said, also, to be indigenous in 

 England, and was such a favourite, for the beauty and elegance of its 

 flowers, as to be generally called JVone-sQ-firettij, and also for its 

 thriving in London, better than most plants, was called London 

 Pride. Its flowers are produced in May and June. 



The Sajcifraga sarmentosa, China or Strawberry Saxifrage ; has 

 round variegated leaves, and Strawberry like runners ; the uncom- 

 mon magnitude of the two lowermost pendant petals, joined to the 

 very conspicuous glandular nectary in the centre of the flower, half 

 surrounding the germen, render this species strikingly distinct; 

 and has created a doubt in the minds of Mr. CURTIS and others, 

 whether it ought not to be considered a distinct genus. 



It has been generally treated as a Green-house plant, but with 

 me, it survived the severe winter of 1804-5, in the open ground, 

 and therefore I consider it perfectly hardy. It flowers in May and 

 June, delights in a dry soil, and may now be propagated by its run- 

 ners, which it produces in great abundance. 



The Saxifraga Cotyledon, or Pyramidal Saxifrage. This species 

 has a fibrous perennial root, crowned with cartilaginous sawed 

 leaves in a cluster, like house-leek ; the stems are generally about a 

 foot, or more, high, and terminated with panicles of white flowers ; 

 the whole forming a beautiful pyramid. The flowers are produced 

 in May and June, and when kept in the shade, and screened from 



