In its place of growth it is not confined to Spain, but is 
found in ithe Levant, Syria, Arabia, and elfewhere; flowers” 
with us from May to July, and may be increafed by cutttiags 
of the roots, a mode of propagating by which we fometimes | 
happily fucceed with rare and valuable plants when all others 
fail. = eS : 
It is a plant not very nice as to the quality of the foil in 
_ which it grows, but muft have a warm dry fituation, will fuc- 
ceed very well in a pot, or it may be planted in the open 
border; but efpecial care muft be taken to fecure it againft 
froft in the winter. : : 
