. 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. G. Pet,I Js chrysantha 2258. Saxifraga Stracheyi (X K* the flowers ;ire appearing iu earliest .17. rotundifolia 18. punctata 19. Mertensiana Shape of petals lanceolate- II. Shape of petals orbicular 2 DD. True stem above ground, the plant propagating by evident stolons or offsets. E. Petals all equal. P. Pistil
. 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. G. Pet,I Js chrysantha 2258. Saxifraga Stracheyi (X K* the flowers ;ire appearing iu earliest .17. rotundifolia 18. punctata 19. Mertensiana Shape of petals lanceolate- II. Shape of petals orbicular 2 DD. True stem above ground, the plant propagating by evident stolons or offsets. E. Petals all equal. P. Pistil more or less ad- nate to the calyx-tube at its base. G. Foliage stiff a}id withering rather than failing, not divided, the mar- gin usually EE. Petals unequal, the two lower ones much larger than the others 3 bryophora , leucanthemifolia , Pennsylvanica , nivalis . Virginiensls . integrifolia , Camposii caespitosa . aphylla sarmentosa 1. liguiata. Wall. [S. Schmidtii, Kegel). Strong- growing plant, with large radical Ivs. 3-8 in. across and orbicular or obovate in outline and cordate at base, the margin scarcely undulate but ciliate: scape becoming about 1 ft. tall, this and the pedicels and calices gla- brous: fls. white to light purple, orbicular and clawed: fr. subglobose, drooping. Himalayan region. 3406, "the sepals too acute and the leaves too undulate," according to Hooker. 8:747. 1868:271. —Not perfectly hardy at Boston. By error, the name is sometimes written S. lingulafa, a name which properly belongs to a very different species ( N'c. (i|. Var. rtibra, Hort.,is a form with red-purple tls. V:ir. specidsa, Hort., has showy blush or rose-white fls. Var. clUata, Hook. (S. cilidta, Royle), has Ivs. hir- sute on both sides and the margins strongly ciliate. 4915. III. 5:365. the scape beoo {sometimes yt wider above t erect. Kashnii (as S. ciliatu) .il. • ri- tall: fls. white or rose \ treth oblong and often 'iv;ite-lanceola
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