140 THE TREE PROPAGATOR AND PLANTER. 



are a- sjDecific for curing corns, rapidly allaying pain. 

 The Sedurns may be had from seed and from division of 

 the root. There are a great many varieties, and all are 

 dwarf rock plants. 



The Saxifrage {Saxifragacece). 



This genus varies much, some assuming a coarse and 

 common, while others possess a graceful and fine cha- 

 racter; By way of explanation I refer to S. crassi folia 

 and S. granulata, also S. umbrosa — " London Pride." 

 This last is no doubt a beautiful old plant, the flowers 

 being extremely pretty and graceful. It may be raised 

 from seed, and propagated by offshoots and division 

 of the root. 



The Campanula. — A genus of noble and very showy 

 plants, assuming various characters, from the gigantic 

 C. pyramidalis down to the insignificant dwarf pumila, 

 3 inches high. C. pyramidalis may be looked upon as 

 the best and most noble species, of which there are two 

 or three varieties — a deep blue, a pale blue, and a white. 

 Pyramidalis may be easily grown to 6 feet high and 

 2 feet through. I find the best way to obtain large and 

 well-formed specimens is to get them from seed sown in 

 pans filled with fine peat and decayed manure on a mild 

 heat in the spring. Pot off as soon as the seedlings can 

 be well handled, and set in a cold frame ; continue to 

 grow them, and turn them out into the open ground in 

 the following spring, giving the plants good room and 

 strong manure during the summer. Take them up 

 with a large ball of earth in the autumn, and use 

 11-inch pots; keep them in a cold frame through the 

 winter, and as soon as March comes give the plants 

 some strong liquid manure once a week. This must be 

 continued carefully, and they will then start into growth 

 for flowering, throwing up numerous strong flower- 

 stems ; the outside ones must be tied out to sticks. 



This variety may also be propagated by cuttings of 

 the roots 2 or 3 inches long, and inserted in pots filled 

 with peat and rotten manure, and set in a cold frame or 



