pland upon the high table-land of Mexico, between Carpio 
and Gasave, at between 7 and 8000 feet of elevation, 
For some time after it was raised it was kept in a pot, 
where it flowered abundantly in November and December 
in the green-house ; and from plants so treated our draw- 
ing was prepared. But it has subseguently been turned into 
the soil of a turf-pit, which is screened from wet and the 
most severe of the winter's cold, and there it has grown so 
vigorously as scarcely to resemble its former self; on this 
account some discrepancy will be found between our descrip- 
tion and figure. It now forms a thick bush three or four 
feet high, which flowers in October and November. 
Easily increased by cuttings, which strike root as freely 
as those of the Dahlia. 
