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CJiroiiicli' — to liave lieeii given in Ibis latter plant [Sd.ri- 

 /'/■'ii/d iiiii/jrofiii) in reference 1(j the person who introdueeJ 

 it into enltivation^ Mr. London, of the firm of London 

 and Wise, the eelebrat<'d royal gardeners of the early part 

 of the last centnry." It shonld therefore he designated 

 Ijondon's pride, from the name of the raiser, as one of the 

 linest bedding geraniums was called llibberd's pet by the; 

 same rnle. 



This saxifrage is very accommodating, for it will grow 

 almost anywhere. Bnt it is a line rockery plant when 

 allowed to form large clumps and tumbile over ledges in a 

 halt-wild sort of way. As it is, in an esj^ecial sense of the 

 word, a town j:)lant, we give the names of a few other good 

 riickevv plants that smoke and ^loor soil do not soon 

 injure, which may grow with it: — White Arabis [Aniljl^ 

 iiIIj'kUi), Yellow Alj'ssum {Jli/'<ninii sa.nitil)') , Alpine 

 Columbine [Aipnli'ijiii idjiiua), Yellow Pmcket {Erj/s/iiiinn 

 orJiroJeiicKiii) , Tufted Hareliell [('iiiiipnini/d riexjjUoxd), 

 Large-flowered jNIouse-Rar [Ccruxl nun (jrini(hjhini m) , 

 Plumy Dieh'tra {Dirr.il n( /■.riiii'm) , W\)\\\e Erinus {Er'niiis 

 III ii'iiiiih) , Red and White Hepatica [Uepiil'ini Inlnhn), 

 151ue Hepatica (//. amjiilosa) , Evergreen Candytuft 

 (I/trr'hs f<fiiijii'n-'n-i-ii><) , Coris-leaved Candytuft [f.niri/'iilin), 

 Pnistrate Phlox {P/iIo.r .viljitliitn) , Creeping Phlox (/'. 

 rf/iliiii.-i], Rock Soapwort [Hapoiniria ocijiiioiilrx), Opposite- 

 leaved Saxifrage (Saxofniijn oppO'^tifi/'oIin) , London Pride 

 (-S'. uiiilroKii), Mossy Saxifrage {H. iiiaseo'iiJe^ and S. Jii/ji- 

 iioiiJcs), Spanish Stonecrop [Heihnii /ii-'<piinirinii) , Common 

 Stoneerop (-V. nrre), SiebokPs Stonecrop (.S'. Sii'holili), 

 Showy Stonecrop (;S'. ■ytectahili'), Beautifnl Stonecrop 

 (.v. jiiiIcJii'l/iiiii), Common Houseleek [Si'iiijiernriini iff- 

 Ivrtuii), Rock Veronica {Ferajt/cii su.niti/i.f), Common 



