SAXIFRAGES 329 



base by two yellow stains. July-August. Alps. Of 

 easiest culture in a swampy place, but likes sun. 



S. rotundifolia (PI. XL1V). Herbe aux cent coutures. 

 A tall, herbaceous plant with handsome kidney-shaped 

 leaves, slightly hairy, on longs stalks, and the edges 

 carved into very deep, rounded notches. Bears an 

 abundant panicle of white flowers, spotted purple, and, 

 growing 10-20 in. high, is altogether a showy species. 

 It is found in shady places of all Swiss mountains and is 

 admirably adapted for culture in rockery or border, 

 provided it has some shade and a fairly cool position. 



S. Hirculus* , which grows in the bogs of the Jura, on 

 the Surenen Pass and around Einsiedeln, is a pleasing 

 Saxifrage with large, bright yellow flowers, spotted 

 orange, in 2-3 on the top of the stems; stems 8-12 in., 

 glabrous at the base, woolly above, leafy ; leaves entire, 

 linear, lanceolate, glabrous, ciliate at the base. Forms 

 pretty, little tufts which are covered from June to 

 September with charming golden flowers, making a 

 delightful picture in moist situations in an alpine garden. 

 At Linnaea, where it is grown in moss by a fountain, it 

 bears flowers as large as a sixpence. It is a rare native 

 of Scottish bogs. The form major is much superior to 

 the common type. 



The Kabschia or Cushion Saxifrages are perhaps the 

 most interesting and choice of all. The tiny, tight, 

 little balls of thickly overlapping little leaves, greyish or 

 bluish in hue, not unlike certain Androsaces, should be 

 placed near the eye, wedged hard among limestone 

 crevices on a sloping bank in full sun, where no wet can 

 possibly lodge about the crown. An annual inspection 

 must be given to see that the frosts have not lifted them 

 and a topdressing of chips collar-deep should be given. 

 It is dangerous to attempt to multiply them by division ; 



