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SAXIFRAGA TIGRIDIA. 



Saxifraga umbrosa (London Pride}. 

 A well-known and popular old fa- 

 vourite, 4 to 12 in. high. Flowers, in 

 summer ; small, white delicately 

 dotted with red and yellow, drooping 

 in the bud, and arranged in dense 

 panicles. Leaves, oboval, crenate, with 

 a cartilaginous margin, attenuated 

 into a ciliated stalk, arranged in a 

 broad rosette, and persistent for seve- 

 ral years. There is a variety with 

 variegated leaves, not often met with 

 in gardens. Europe and Ireland : a 

 variety occurs in Yorkshire, but is 



considered a doubtful native. 



Borders, rough rocky places, or banks, 

 or naturalized in woods or copses. 

 Although coming from the pure moist 

 air of the Killarney hills, it thrives 

 perfectly in small gardens in London 

 and other cities. Division. 



Scilla nutans (Blue-lell). Our 

 common Blue-bell, 14 to 30 in. high. 

 Flowers, in May; blue, bell-shaped, 

 cylindrical, in a nodding raceme. 

 Leaves, narrow, channelled, smooth, 

 dull green, shorter than the flower- 

 stem. Bulb, white, elongated -pear- 

 shaped, oblong, or club-shaped. There 

 are varieties with white, flesh-coloured, 

 and rosy flowers. Europe and Britain. 



The common form should be seen 



abundantly in rough grassy places, 

 while the pink and white forms are 

 among the most attractive spring 

 bulbs we have, and will grow in any 

 soil. Division. 



Scolyxnus grandifl orus (Large-flowered 

 S.) A rather showy Thistle- like herb, 

 12 to 18 in. high. Flowers, in sum- 

 mer ; large, orange -yellow, terminal 

 and axillary, sessile, each surrounded 

 by 3 leathery, spiny, lance-shaped 

 bracts, except the terminal one which 

 has 6. Leav'es, oblong-lance-shaped in 

 outline, deeply cut into oval-lance- 

 shaped segments, dentate-spiny, 

 slightly pubescent, and traversed by 

 wnite veins ; stem-leaves decurrent ; 



stem more or less downy. South 



Europe and North Africa. Borders 



and naturalization, in sandy loam. 

 Division and seed. 



Senecio Doronicum (Large-flowered 

 S.) The most showy-flowered of its 

 family, 8 in. to 3 ft. high or more. 

 Flowers, in summer ; bright yellow or 

 orange, very large, short- stalked, 1 to 

 5 on the top of the stem. Leaves, 

 thick, leathery, woolly underneath ; 

 the lower ones oblong-oval, with a 

 winged stalk ; upper ones lance - 

 shaped or linear-lance-sha,ped, sessile, 

 half -clasping ; stem somewhat angled 

 near the top. S. of Europe. Bor- 

 ders, in ordinary light soil. Division. 



Smilacina stellata (Star - flowered 

 Lily of the Valley). An interesting 

 perennial, 1 to 2 ft. high. Flowers, 

 early in summer ; white, numerous, 

 closely-set in an erect terminal cluster 

 about 2 in. long. Leaves, 7 to 12 in 

 number, sessile, oblong-lance-shaped, 

 of a lively green, covered with minute 

 down when young, slightly clasping. 



Berries blackish. N. America. 



Naturalization in open woods, copses, 

 or on bushy banks. It thrives in ordi- 

 nary soil, best however in a deep 

 vegetable one. Although scarcely 

 worthy of a position in borders, it 

 would be very desirable in moist 

 shrubberies. Division. 



Tigridia Pavonia (Peacock T.) A 

 dwarf but magnificent bulbous plant, 

 1 to nearly 2 ft. high. Flowers, late in 

 summer ; very showy, nearly 6 in. 

 across, 1 to 3 on each stem ; petals 

 fiddle-shaped, yellow, spotted with 

 purple j sepals larger than the petals, 

 of a violet colour in the lower part, 

 marked with bands of yellow spotted 

 with purple, and with brilliant scarlet 

 points. Leaves, sword-shaped, acute, 

 sheathing at the base, and of a lively 



green colour. Mexico. Borders 



and the bulb-garden, in very sandy 



