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them up, cut off the flower stems, if any, and when planted give 

 water and shade for a few days to the fibrous-rooted kinds; next year 

 they will flower luxuriantly, after which, each sort may be propagat- 

 ed in its proper season. Observe in planting, to give each re- 

 spective kind a soil and situation as nearly similar as possible to 

 that in which you found it in its wild state. 



Saxifrage. 



The double variety of the Saxifraga grannlata, or white saxi- 

 frage, is a most beautiful flowering plant, and extremely deserving 

 of place among every fine collection of flowers; its root is composed 

 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 panicled 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, lobed and cut; 

 those next the root on long foot-stalks; those on the stem alternate, 

 subsessile. 



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

 and aftbrds 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, to\vards 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 are small but numerous, of a white or flesh-colour, spotted 

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

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

 on the mountains near Sligo, on Croagh Patrick, in the county 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 None-so-pretty, and also for its 

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

 Pride. Its flowers are produced in May and June. 



The Saxifraga 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 conspicous glandular nectary in the centre of the flower, half 

 surrounding the gerinen, render this species strikingly distinct, 



