ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, sunny rockeries for 8. alpina; 
sunny borders for S. pulchella, S. pgymea, etc. Plant, Oct., Nov., 
March or April. Propagate by seeds sown }in. deep in ordinary soil 
in sunny position outdoors, April, transplanting seedlings when three 
or four leaves have formed. : 
. ee ee S. japonica (Syn. Seratula japonica), purple, summer, 
Savin-tree (Juniperus sabina).—See Juniperus. . 
Savory (Satureia hortensis & montana).—Sece Satureia. 
Savoy.—See Brassica. 
Sawfly Orchis (Ophrys tenthredinera).—See Ophrys. 
Saw-wort (Saussurea pe Saussurea. : 
Saxifraga (Rockfoil; London Pride). — Ord. Saxifragacen. 
Hardy & tender perennials. Interesting plants for rockeries and 
borders. Classes: (1) Encrusted Saxifrages, leaves silvery, borne in 
rosettes; (2) Moss Saxifrages, leaves green & moss-like; (3) Megasea 
Saxifrages, leaves, large & leathery; (4) Miscellaneous type, leaves 
varied in form. 
CULTURE OF ENCRUSTED SECTION: Soil, gritty loam. Posi- 
tion, ledges or fissues of sunny rockeries or old walls. Plant in 
spring. Mix a little fresh cow dung with loam to fix plants in vertical 
rocks. S. Cotyledon pyramidalis a good plant for cool greenhouse. 
Grow in compost of two parts loam & one part of equal proportions 
of old mortar, leaf-mould, & sand. Five-inch pots suitable. Place 
in cold frame till March, then remove into greenhouse. Water 
moderately in winter. Propagate by seeds sown in gritty loam in well- 
drained pans in cold frame in spring; by offsets directly after flower- 
ing. 
CULTURE OF MOSSY SECTION: Soil, ordinary moist loam. 
Position, ledges of rockeries for choice kinds, edgings to borders for 
commoner ones; or carpeting surface of beds of choice bulbs. Plant 
in autumn or spring. Propagate by seeds sown in pans of gritty 
soil in cold frame in spring; cuttings of shoots in cold frame in 
summer; division in spring. : 
CULTURE OF MEGASEA SECTION: Soil, ordinary. Position, 
sunny or shady borders. Plant in autumn or spring. Good town & 
suburban garden plants. Propagate by seeds sown in light soil in cold 
frame in spring; division in autumn or spring. 
CULTURE OF MISCELLANEOUS SECTION: Soil, ordinary for S. 
umbrosa, & Geum; moist loam for other species. Position, shady 
borders for 8. umbrosa, Geum & Granulata fl.-pl.; moist shady rockery 
for Andrewsii, cunefolia, oppositifolia, & rotundifolia; sunny rockery 
for apiculata, burseriana & sancta; margins of water-courses or 
damp borders for peltata; damp walls or rockeries for Sibthorpii; 
sunny walls for sarmentosa. Plant in autumn or spring. Propagate 
by seeds sown in gritty soil in pans in cold frame in spring; division 
in spring. 
CULTURE OF TENDER SPECIES: Soil, equal parts loam, peat, 
leaf-mould & silver sand. Position, pots or baskets suspended near 
roof of greenhouse, or close to sunny window. Pot in spring. Water 
very moderately in autumn & winter. Temp., Oct. to March 55° to 
60°; March to Oct. 65° to 70°. Propagate by offsets in spring. 
ENCRUSTED SPECIES: S. Aizoon, creamy white, June, 3 to 6 in., Arctio 
Regions, and its varieties balearica (white and crimson), carinthiaca (white), 
Griesbachii (rose), intacta (white), la graveana (snowy white), marginata (white 
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