. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1618 SAVORY SAXIFRAGA the annual. It may be managed like thyme- It has woody, slender, very branching stems 12-16 in. tall, narrow, very acute leaves, white, pink or lilac flowers and brown seeds, whose average vitality is three j'ears. M. G. Kalns. SAVOY is a kind of cabbage. SAW PALMETTO. Serencsa
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1618 SAVORY SAXIFRAGA the annual. It may be managed like thyme- It has woody, slender, very branching stems 12-16 in. tall, narrow, very acute leaves, white, pink or lilac flowers and brown seeds, whose average vitality is three j'ears. M. G. Kalns. SAVOY is a kind of cabbage. SAW PALMETTO. Serencsa 2257 Saururus cernuus \ a ^3) (bee page 1617.) SAXiFRAGA (Latin, rock and to break; said by some to refer to tlie fact tliat many of the species grow in the clefts of rock, by others to the supposition that certain species would cure stone in the bladder). Saxi- fragclcew. Saxifrage. Rockfoil. As outlined below (including Megasea), the genus contains upwards of 175 species, widely distributed in the north temperate zone, many of them alpine and boreal. In the southern hemisphere they seem to be known only iu South Amer- ica. The Saxifrages are herbs, mostly perennial, with perfect small white, yellow or purplish flowers in pani- cles or corymbs; calyx with 5 lobes; petals 5, usually equal; stamens mostly 10, in some species only 5; styles 2; fr. a 2-beaked or 2-divided capsule, or some- times the capsules nearly or quite separate at maturity, with numerous seeds. See Engler, "Monographie der Gattuug Saxifraga," 1872. Saxifrages are various in habit and stature, but they are mostly low and spreading with rosulate or tufted root-leaves. Most of the species iu cultivation are grown as rock-garden plants, although the large-leaved mem- bers of the Megasea or Bergenia section are sometimes used as border plants. Owing to the small attention given to rock and alpine gardening in America, the Sax- ifrages are little known to our horticulturists. Most of them are abundantly
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