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ALONA coelestis. 
Sky-blue Alona. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. NOLANACEX. 
ALONA, Lindl. (Vide infra.) 
S 
A. celestis. (Vide infra.) 
It has long been known to Botanists that Chile and Peru 
abound in shrubby plants allied to Nolana, few of which are 
yet published, but including among them some species of 
remarkable beauty.  Hitherto our gardens have possessed 
no others than JV. prostrata, tenella, paradoza, and atriplici- 
folia, of which the first and last alone remain in cultivation. 
But they are annuals, and, with the exception of the last, 
of small importance for the purposes of decoration. The 
shrubs are still to procure. Of these one species, that now 
figured, has at last been raised from some of Mr. Bridges 
seeds, by Mr. Best, gardener to A. Park, Esq. of Merton 
Grove, Surrey. 
It proves to be a very fine thing, with pale sky-blue 
flowers, each of which remains in beauty for several days. 
Its habit is that of a soft-leaved heath, and it appears likely 
to form a bush of some such size as a common Pelargonium. 
What its proper treatment may be we are unable to tell, having 
had no opportunity of studying the plant; but we presume 
it will tiit with the same cultivation as Scarlet Pelar- 
um : > din 
iums, and we hope it will prove a capital thing for bedding 
ut dag: re, We would, however, suggest > 
gardeners, that as all the Nolanas appear to rag plants, 
salt in small quantities may be found useful in the soil. 
Our drawing was made from a plant exhibited to the 
