10 Alpine Plants. 
Saxifraga Maweana (Tetuan). 
Treat like Saxifraga biternata. 
Saxifraga media (Pyrenees). 
Treat like Saxifraga aretioides. 
Saxifraga mutata (Switzerland). 
Treat like Saxifraga citrina. 
Saxifraga oppositifolia section (Northern and Arctic Regions). 
Grit, sand, and loam in equal parts suit this 
section best. Nearly all the oppositifolia section die 
away in the course of a year or two. They should 
be taken up and pulled to pieces as soon as this 
decay commences, which it does generally in the 
centre of a large clump. When decay begins in this 
way it is of no use to leave the clump in the hope of 
arresting the spread of the mischief by top-dressing, 
for the condition of the plant will get worse and worse 
season by season, and it will gradually but surely die 
away. Directly after flowering any clump which shows 
symptoms of the beginning of such a state should be 
taken up, pulled into little bits, and replanted in fresh 
compost or insome other portion of the rockery ; it 
will then soon take hold and grow as vigorously as 
before. Either directly flowering is over or at the 
end of August a little grit and leaf-mould worked 
well amongst the shoots should be used as a top- 
dressing. River sand must not be used for top- 
dressing, as it will cause a rust to come on the foliage 
Saxifraga X patens (Gar. Hyb.). 
Treat like Saxifraga Rocheliana. 
