SAXIF'RAGA GEEAXIOI'DES. 
ckane’s-bill-like saxifrage. 
Class. 
DECANURIA. 
Order. 
DIGYMA. 
Sat lira! Order. 
SA.XlFRAGACE.iE. 
Native of 
Height 
Flowers in ! Duration. 
Introduced 
Pyrenees. 
9 inches. 
April, May. | Perennial. 
in 1770. 
No. 1000. 
The Latin saxum, stone ; and frango, to break, 
alludes to the plant's power of insinuating its roots 
into the fissures of rocks and breaking them ; and 
hence, according to ancient medical Avdsdom, was it 
believed to be capable of breaking the stony con- 
cretions of the kidneys. 
The foliage of this plant will be at once recog- 
nised as resembling some of our small British 
Geraniums ; hence the appellation geranioides. 
Its red stems, beset with minute glanduliferous 
hairs, invite examination, as well as its panicles 
of clear white flowers. A variety of this plant is 
known with leaves less toothed, and less imbes- 
cent ; but we are not aware that it is in English 
gardens. 
Saxifraga geranioides is scarce, and only to be 
met with in the best nurseries and private collec- 
tions. It should be potted in a mixture of peat 
and loam ; and whenever divided or repotted, care 
should be taken to sink the stems deeper in the 
soil than they were before, whereby the growth of 
young foliage will be induced, which is indispens- 
able to the health of the plant. 
