390 FLORA DOMESTICA. 



rocks, which, with its numerous trailing branches, it clothes 

 with a rich tapestry, in the months of April and May. In 

 gardens it blows in February or March. The flowers are 

 large and handsome, and the more exposed the situation, the 

 greater number they produce. There is a variety of this 

 kind called the Biflora, or Two-flowered ; which, as this 

 name implies, produces only two flowers on one stem, but 

 those are of a beautiful rose-red. Towards the end of 

 March divide a plant, which has filled the pot the year 

 before, into many small pieces, observing that each piece 

 has two or three fibres : plant half-a-dozen of these in the 

 middle of a small pot, filled with bog-earth and loam, equal 

 parts of each : water it, and place it in the shade for a week ; 

 then expose it to the morning sun, water it once a day in dry 

 weather, and in the spring the pot will be covered with a 

 profusion of bloom. 



This should be treated every year in the same manner. 

 It is very hardy, and disdains all tender treatment. 



The Round-leaved Saxifrage is a native of Austria, 

 Switzerland, Piedmont, &c. " We know of no species," 

 says Mr. Curtis, " belonging to this beautiful genus, whose 

 flowers, in point of prettiness, can vie with these." 



The roots should be parted in autumn : they require 

 a stiff loamy soil and a shady situation, and must be kept 

 moist. 



White Saxifrage produces its flowers in April and May : 

 the Double-flowered variety is very commonly planted in 

 pots, to adorn halls, windows, &c. in the spring. It pro- 

 duces plenty of offsets ; and in July, after the leaves have 

 decayed, these should be taken off, and planted in fresh 

 unmanured earth. Till autumn it should be placed in the 

 shade, then removed into the sun, where it should remain 

 till the end of winter. 



