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ation, 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. 



