passes, we find Pr. Stuartii, with its rich yellow glow, by the 

 side of the equally beautiful Pr. purpurea. 



The accompanying figure represents the appearance of 

 the plant in a pot, as it flowered last spring in a frame in 

 the garden of the Horticultural Society, and it agrees with 

 the stature 



now before me. But I find the 



of the wild specimens from Nepal and Kamaon 



of a plant 



some 



ckwork in a northern aspect are already a foot long, and . 

 therefore to be anticipated that a far more vigorous vege 



be manifested by 



It is certainly quite hardy 



In Rcemer and Schultes's System of Plants this species 

 said to be a native of high mountains on the coast of Ch 

 longo in Africa, a most extraordinary error. 



It requires a rich loamy soil and 



it requires a ncn loamy soil and a dry situation, 

 easily Increased, either by dividing the old plants when 



It 



dormant 



by seeds which should be 



in a 



sown in pans, 



In 



filled with light rich soil about a quarter of an inch deep. ... 

 May they will be fit for potting off singly into small pots, and 

 eventually they may be planted in the open border, care being 

 taken to select for them a rather dry situation. They suffer 

 more from wet than cold during the winter. The plant flowers 

 during the months of March and April; the seedlings will not 

 flower the first season. & 



