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SAXIPRAGA 421 



-aro borne on more or less hairy stalks in 

 uaiTow clusters in early summer. 



Culture lie. as above for S. Aizoon. 



S. Fortunei. — A pretty Japanese spe- 

 cies, with the habit of S. cortuscefoUa. 

 Leaves reniform, heart-shaped, lobed 

 and laoiniately toothed. Flowers late in 

 summer, white, in erect panicles ; petals 

 very unequal, edges finely toothed. 



Culture £c. as above for S. cortusce- 

 foUa. This plant requires protection 

 in severe winters. 



S. geranioides. — A Pyrenean species, 

 6 in. high. Lower leaves slightly hairy, 

 roimdish kidney-shaped palmately 3-cleft, 

 the side lobes 2-cleft, entire or toothed. 

 Flowers in July, white, numerous ; petals 

 ■obovate-oblong, clawed. 



Culture do. as above for S. ajugae- 

 Jolia, p. 417. 



S. Geum.— A pretty Pyrenean Saxi- 

 frage with rosettes or whorls of roundish 

 or kidney-shaped toothed or crenate 

 leaves, hairy above, smooth and often 

 reddish beneath. The small blush-white 

 flowers, dotted with red, appear in May 

 and June, and are borne in erect panicles 

 on stalks about 4-6 in. high. 



The variety dentata (also known as 

 S. hirsuta) has the hairy leaves deeply 

 and prettily toothed, and pale green 

 beneath, and the white flowers, dotted 

 with rose, are borne on rather taller 

 stems. The variety elegams has roundish 

 heart-shaped leaves sharply serrate, and 

 covered with hairs. The flowers are 

 yellow spotted with purple. The variety 

 poUta differs in having smooth shining 

 roundish heart-shaped leaves with crenate 

 edges. 



Culture do. as above for 8. cuneifolia. 



S. globulifera (8.. granatensis). — A 

 native of the Spanish and Algerian moun- 

 tains. It makes a turfy carpet of thickish 

 ovate or spoon-shaped, bright green, 

 entire or 3-5-lobed leaves, which assume 

 a purple-red tinge during the winter 

 months. The pure white flowers appear 

 in May and June, 3-6 or more on a hairy 

 stalk. The variety gibraltarica differs 

 in having the leaves more deeply divided 

 into narrower lobes. 



Culture Sc. as above for 8. ajugce- 

 folia, p. 417. 



S. granulata {Fair Madds of France ; 

 First of May ; Meadow 8axifrage). — A 

 pretty British and European species, 6-12 



in. high. Leaves rather fleshy, kidney- 

 shaped, lobed ; lower ones on slender 

 stalks, upper ones sessile, deeper and more 

 sharply cut. Flowers in April and May, 

 white, inclined or drooping, 1 in. across. 



There is a double-flowered variety 

 called fiore plena, the beautiful white 

 blossoms of which are over an inch across, 

 and sometimes having a stray petal tipped 

 with carmine. 



Culture dc. as above. This species 

 likes a moist or boggy situation in the 

 rock garden. 



S. hieracifolia. — A European species, 

 1 ft. high. Leaves ovate oblong, remotely 

 toothed, dilated at the base, smooth above, 

 hairy beneath and on the edges. Flowers 

 in summer, white, in erect branched 

 panicles. 



Culture dc. as above for 8. Cliisi. 



S. Hirculus. — A distinct and pretty 

 British and European species, 4-8 in. 

 high. Leaves j-l in. long, lance- shaped 

 or spathulate, in rosettes. Flowers in 

 August, clear rich yellow, ^-f in. across, 

 with orange-red dots on the lower half of 

 each obovate petal. The variety grandi- 

 fiora has flowers quite 1 in. across. 



Culture dc. as above for 8. diversi- 

 foUa. This species delights in moist or 

 marshy spots in the rockery. 



S. Hosti. — A native of S. Europe, 6- 

 12 in. high. Lower leaves strap-shaped, 

 obtuse, fringed ; upper ones oblong, cre- 

 nate -serrate. Flowers in May, white, 

 with a few purple dots above the middle, 

 5-9 in a corymb. The variety altissi'ina 

 has broader leaves with serrate edges, and 

 the white flowers have a greenish base 

 and purple-red spots. 



Culture dc. as above for 8. Aizoon. 



S. huetiana. — This pretty species is 

 remarkable for being an annual or biennial 

 and not a perermial. It is a native of 

 moist and marshy spots on the Cilician 

 mountains in Asia Minor, where it grows 

 in the shade. It is closely related to 

 8. Cymbalaria, and forms compact tufts 

 4-6 in. high of bright green slightly lobed 

 roundish leaves. The numerous small 

 bright yellow flowers are freely produced 

 from May to July. 



Culture a/rbd Propagation. — This 

 species may be raised by sowing seeds 

 when ripe in well-dramed soil in cold 

 frames, and keeping the seedlings rmder 

 glass until mild weather the following 



