470 THE PLEASURE, OR [Aug. 
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 alter- 
nate, subsesile. 
It is commonly cultivated in pots, to adorn windows, rooms, Sec. 
and affords one of the best specimens of what is called a granulous 
root. 
The foiiage 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 Saxifraga 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 na- 
tive 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 J\ r one-so-pretty, and also for its 
thriving in London, 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 conspicuous glandular nectary in the centre of the flower, half 
surrounding the germen, render this species strikingly distinct; 
and has created a doubt in the minds of Mr. Curtis and others, 
whether it ought not to be considered a distinct genus. 
It has been generally treated as a Green-house plant, but with 
me, it survived the severe winter of 1804-5, in the open ground, 
and therefore I consider it perfectly hardy. It flowers in May and 
June, delights in a dry soil, and may now be propagated by its run- 
ners, which it produces in great abundance. 
The Saxifraga Cotyledon, or Pyramidal Saxifrage. This species 
has a fibrous perennial root, crowned with cartilaginous sawed 
leaves in a cluster, like house-leek; the stems are generally about a 
foot, or more, high, and terminated with panicles of white flowers; 
the whole forming a beautiful pyramid. The flowers are produced 
in May and June, and when kept in the shade, and screened from 
