it with dry straw, or some such substance, during winter 



may be cultivated in the open borders ; but without this 

 will not 



and lasts till October 



bear our frost. It blossoms in July and August 



Seeds, which it ripens readily 

 usually employed as the means of its propagation. 



The down upon the leaves, stem, and calyx, is so ex- 

 ceedingly fine, that it cannot be represented in a drawing 

 without giving the surface too great an appearance of 

 pubescence; f 

 the naked eye 



fact, so fine 



not to be visible 



J. L. 



