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larger. Theee plants produce large sheets of blossom in early spring, 

 with the snowdrop and the crocus. The 5'. graniilata we have in 

 two forms, single (fig. 650) and double (fig. 651). The latter especi- 

 ally is very attractive, and should be grown in every alpinery. The 



Fig. 652.— b. intacta minor. Fig. 653.— S. Ircui.i. Fig. 654.— S. pectinata. 



5. intacta minor (fig. 652) is another species, which grows freely with 

 us. One of the most noble of all the Saxifrages is the grand 

 5. Cotyledon, van pyramidalis. The flower spike is of pyramidal 

 form, and, when in flower, about two feet in height : this plant has 

 been pronounced one of the glories of the garden. It did not flower 



Fig. 655. — 3. bryoides. 



Fig. 656. — S. aspera. Fig. 657. — S. globifera. 



with me this year, and so I was unable to figure it from nature; 

 Wooster has, however, figured it. Perhaps the most common of the 

 saxifrages is the London Pride section. The common London Pride 

 is too generally grown to require a figure, but the 5. Geum, or 

 Kidney-leaved London Pride (fig. 653), should never be omitted from 

 an alpine garden. It grows without any special care. 

 "Boon Nature scatter'd, free and wild. 

 Each plant or flower, the mountain's child." 



Sir Walter Scott. 



