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them up, cut off the flower stems, if any, and when planted give 
water and shade for a few days to the fibrous-rooted kinds; next year 
they will flower luxuriantly, after which, each sort may be propagat- 
ed in its proper season. Observe in planting, to give each re- 
spective kind a soil and situation as nearly similar as possible to 
that in which you found it in its wild state. 
Saxifrage. 
The double variety of the Saxifraga granulata, or white saxi- 
frage, is a most beautiful flowering plant, and extremely deserving 
of place among every fine collection of flowers; its root is composed 
of several little grains or knobs, attached to. a main fibre, and throw- 
ing out small fibres from their base: the stem is erect, round, 
branched, and panicled at top, usually from eight to ten inches 
high, producing in April and May beautiful bunches of double 
white flowers: its leaves are somewhat fleshy, lobed and cut; 
those next the root on long foot-stalks; those on the stem alternate, 
subsessile. 
It is commonly cultivated in pots, to adorn windows, rooms, &c. 
and affords one of the best specimens of what is called a granulous 
root. 
The foliage of this species is generally decayed about this time; 
therefore the roots may be taken up in little bunches attached to 
fibres, and planted immediately in pots of good fresh earth; they 
are not to be covered more than an inch deep; the pots must be 
placed in the shade, till October, and gently watered at intervals; 
late in autumn the foliage will begin to appear, and on the approach 
of winter, the pots should be placed in a garden frame, where they 
may have some slight protection from severe frosts. The plants 
are tolerably hardy, and in mild winters will survive in the open 
ground. 
The Suxifraga umbrosa, or London pride, may, towards the end 
of this month, be propagated by slips from the root. This makes 
a good edging for beds and borders, and is perfectly hardy. The 
flowers are produced in panicles, on stems of about a foot high; 
they are small but numerous, of a white or flesh-colour, spotted 
beautifully with yellow and red, having also red pistils. It is a 
native of Ireland, growing in a wild state near the lake of Killarney, 
on the mountains near Sligo, on Croagh Patrick, in the county of 
Mayo, and in various other parts; it is said, also, to be indigenous in 
England, and was such a favourite, for the beauty and elegance of 
its flowers, as to be generally called None-so-pretty, and also for its 
thriving in Loudon, better than most plants, was called London 
Pride. Its flowers are produced in May and June. 
The Saxifraga sarmentosa, China or strawberry saxifrage, has 
round variegated leaves, and strawberry-like runners, the uncom- 
mon magnitude of the two lowermost pendant petals, joined to the 
very conspicous glandular nectary in the centre of the flower, half 
surrounding the germen, render this species strikingly distinct, 
