anthers expand their valves; 2. is an interior view of one of 
the hollow petals, with the glands on each side. 
When cultivated in the open border it forms a neat little 
shrub, from one to two feet high, with slender decumbent 
branches, and it flowers freely about the middle of May, par- 
ticularly if planted in the American border or on rock-work ; 
but it must have some protection from the parching heat of 
the sun during summer. 
It is easily increased by layering, or by seeds, if the fol- 
lowing is attended to : 
Firstly, the plant should be layered about August, always 
choosing a moist or dull day when the operation is to be per- 
formed, and using a little white sand for making that part of 
the soil round the layer light; the layers will be two years 
oe they are well rooted, and fit to remove from the mother 
plant. 
Secondly, the seeds should be sown as soon as the berries 
are ripe, which is about August, in pans or pots filled with 
a good loamy soil, and placed in any cold pit or frame during 
winter; they will require no more care or trouble, as they 
will not vegetate before the spring; but should the seeds not 
be sown before the spring, which is a common practice, they 
bos qe vegetate for a twelvemonth, and then very weakly if 
at all. ; 
