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PBACTICAL GUIDE TO GABDEN PLANTS saxipeaga 



roots and large, fleshy, oval or obovate 

 leaves, very blunt, smooth, and serrulated. 

 Flowers from March to May, red, large, 

 in clustered panicles about 9 in. high. 

 Culture <tc. as above for 6'. cordifoUa. 



S. crustata. — A native of the chalky 

 Alps with rosettes of blunt linear leaves 

 with minutely crenate margins, and hav- 

 ing the upper surface coated with a 

 whitish or grey-green limy powder, and 

 washed -with rose or purple beneath. The 

 hairy flower stalks carry 3-6 flowers which 

 are usually white but sometimes spotted 

 with purple-red at the base of the obovate 

 petals. 



Culture dc. as above for 8. Aizoon. 



S. cuneata. — A loosely tufted species, 

 native of the Spanish moimtains, with 

 leathery spoon-shaped or linear-lance- 

 shaped leaves somewhat clammy beneath, 

 and having three 1 arge teeth or lobes. The 

 white flowers are borne in loose panicles 

 about July, and have obovate oblong 

 petals. 



Culture Sc. as above for S. ajugce- 

 folia, p. 417. 



S. cuneifolia. — A tufted species native 

 of the mountains of Central and S. 

 Europe. Leaves obovate wedge-shaped, 

 serrate, rather leathery, deep green above, 

 reddish beneath. The flower stalks are 

 4-6 in. high, and bear a small panicle of 

 white flowers, with a yellow centre, in 

 May and June. 



Culture dc. as above. This species 

 likes a warm moist position among the 

 rocks and stones in the rock garden. 

 There are several varieties of it, the best 

 known being apennina with smaller 

 leaves and flowers. The plants are use- 

 ful for the lower portions of the rock 

 garden, and are readily increased by seeds 

 or division. See also general cultural 

 instructions under Saxifraga, p. 415. 



S. cuscutaeformis. — A Japanese spe- 

 cies 6 in. high. Lower leaves thickish, 

 roundish or ovate, deeply or wavy toothed. 

 Flowers in summer, white, on branched 

 panicles. 



Cultiirr (f-c. as above for S. corfusce- 

 folia, 



S. Cymbalaria.— A, distinct Caucasian 

 annual, with brown-striped, kidney-shaped, 

 crenately lobed leaves. Flowers from 

 early spring to autumn, bright yellow, in 

 dense masses, on nimierous weak strag- 

 gling stalks. S. Sihthnrpi, from Greece, 



and also ha-\-ing yellow flowers, is very 

 similar. 



Culture cfc. as below for S. hueiicma. 



S. diapensioides. — A densely tufted 

 plant 1^ in. high, native of the Alps of 

 Svidtzerland, Dauphiny, and the Pyrenees. 

 Leaves linear, erect, keeled, with cartila- 

 ginous margins, fringed at the base, 1-2 

 perforated dots at the apex, and packed 

 into dense cylindrical rosettes. Flowers 

 in early summer, white, beU-shaped, B-5- 

 in a terminal head on leafy stems. 



Culture Ac. as above for H. burserinna. 



S. diversifolia. — A Himalayan species, 

 6-18 in. high. Lower leaves stalked, 1-2 

 in. long, ovate or heart-shaped, acute ; 

 upper one stalkless. Flowers in July, 

 yellow, ^-J in. across, obscurely spotted, 

 arranged in loose clusters. 



Culture and Propagation. — This, 

 species likes damp, cool, and weU-drained 

 soil, with plenty of light and air, biit not 

 exposed to the scorching midday sun. It 

 may be increased by sowing seeds or by 

 division as recommended above in the 

 general instructions given under Saxi- 



S. exarata. — A very variable species, 

 native of the mountains of Central Europe, 

 with rosettes of wedge-shaped 3-lobed 

 leaves, and white or yellowish-white, or 

 rarely rose or purple flowers in June and 

 July. The variety nervosa has looser 

 rosettes of sparsely hairy clammy leaves, 

 roundish-oblong in outline, and deeply 

 cut into 3-5 narrow linear lobes. The 

 milky-white flowers have obovate petals 

 as in the type. 



Culture dc. as above for S. ajvqee- 

 folia, p. 417. 



S. flagellaris. — A Caucasian species, 

 3 in. high, vnth. thread-like runners 

 issuing from beneath the upper whcrl of 

 leaves and rooting at the tips. Leaves 

 obovate, spoon-shaped ; upper ones rather 

 hairy. Flowers from April to July, yellow, 

 on erect, simple, glandular-downy stems. 



Culture nvd Propagation. — This 

 plant likes a gi'itty loam and damp shady 

 parts of the rockery. It is easily in- 

 creased by the rvmners. 



S. florulenta. — A very pretty species, 

 native of the Maritime Alps. The deep 

 green, spoon-shaped leaves, vrA\\ bristly 

 edges towards the base, are l-'2 in. long, 

 and form rosettes often over 6 in. acro^^s. 

 The benntiful rosy-red or lilac flowers 



