Stonebreakers Collection

Boys breaking stones in quarry, Mettray Colony, France
Boys at work breaking stones in a quarry at the agricultural colony for delinquent boys at Mettray, near Tours, France. In the 1840s

Saxifraga Elizabethe, a flowering plant of the Saxifragaceae family (commonly known as saxifrages or stone breakers because of their ability to grow in the cracks between rocks)

Saxifraga Stribrnyi, a flowering plant of the Saxifragaceae family (commonly known as saxifrages or stone breakers because of their ability to grow in the cracks between rocks)

Saxifraga Aizoon, with Lutea and Rosea varieties
Saxifraga Aizoon (Livelong Saxifrage), a flowering plant of the Saxifragaceae family (commonly known as saxifrages or stone breakers because of their ability to grow in the cracks between rocks)

Saxifraga Faldonside, a flowering plant of the Saxifragaceae family (commonly known as saxifrages or stone breakers because of their ability to grow in the cracks between rocks)

Saxifraga Lingulata in the Malby garden
Saxifraga Lingulata, of the Saxifragaceae family (commonly known as saxifrages or stone breakers because of their ability to grow in the cracks between rocks)

Saxifraga Umbrosa Pectinata (Partridgefoot), a plant of the Saxifragaceae family (commonly known as saxifrages or stone breakers because of their ability to grow in the cracks between rocks)

Saxifraga Rosacea (Irish Saxifrage), a flowering plant of the Saxifragaceae family (commonly known as saxifrages or stone breakers because of their ability to grow in the cracks between rocks)

Saxifraga Rotundifolia and Soldanella Alpina
Saxifraga Rotundifolia (Round-Leaved Saxifrage) (right), a plant of the Saxifragaceae family (commonly known as saxifrages or stone breakers because of their ability to grow in the cracks between)

Saxifraga Cotyledon Pyramidalis (Great Alpine Rockfoil, Greater Evergreen Saxifrage, Maiden Saxifrage), a flowering plant of the Saxifragaceae family

Saxifraga Cespitosa (Tufted Saxifrage), a flowering plant of the Saxifragaceae family (commonly known as saxifrages or stone breakers because of their ability to grow in the cracks between rocks)

Saxifraga Palmata, growing by steps
Saxifraga Palmata, a plant of the Saxifragaceae family (commonly known as saxifrages or stone breakers because of their ability to grow in the cracks between rocks)

Saxifraga Longifolia, often called the King of Saxifrages, a Pyrenean plant of the Saxifragaceae family (commonly known as saxifrages or stone breakers because of their ability to grow in the cracks)

Saxifraga Suendermannii, a perennial alpine plant of the Saxifragaceae family (commonly known as saxifrages or stone breakers because of their ability to grow in the cracks between rocks)

Saxifraga Macnabiana, a plant of the Saxifragaceae family (commonly known as saxifrages or stone breakers because of their ability to grow in the cracks between rocks)

Saxifraga Grisebachii, a flowering evergreen plant of the Saxifragaceae family (commonly known as saxifrages or stone breakers because of their ability to grow in the cracks between rocks)

Saxifraga Paradoxa, a hardy alpine plant of the Saxifragaceae family (commonly known as saxifrages or stone breakers because of their ability to grow in the cracks between rocks)

Saxifraga Peltata (Umbrella Plant), a plant of the Saxifragaceae family (commonly known as saxifrages or stone breakers because of their ability to grow in the cracks between rocks)

Saxifraga Oppositifolia Splendens, a plant of the Saxifragaceae family (commonly known as saxifrages or stone breakers because of their ability to grow in the cracks between rocks)

Saxifraga varieties in a rocky setting
Varieties of Saxifraga, of the Saxifragaceae family (commonly known as saxifrages or stone breakers because of their ability to grow in the cracks between rocks)

Saxifraga Oppositifolia, a flowering plant of the Saxifragaceae family (commonly known as saxifrages or stone breakers because of their ability to grow in the cracks between rocks)

Saxifraga Burseriana Gloria, a flowering plant of the Saxifragaceae family (commonly known as saxifrages or stone breakers because of their ability to grow in the cracks between rocks)

Saxifraga Cotyledon Pyramidalis Icelandica (Great Alpine Rockfoil, Greater Evergreen Saxifrage, Maiden Saxifrage), a flowering plant of the Saxifragaceae family

Saxifraga Cotyledon on a mountainside
Saxifraga Cotyledon, a perennial of the Saxifragaceae family (commonly known as saxifrages or stone breakers because of their ability to grow in the cracks between rocks)

Saxifraga Andrewsii covered with frost
Saxifraga Andrewsii, a perennial of the Saxifragaceae family (commonly known as saxifrages or stone breakers because of their ability to grow in the cracks between rocks)

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