that it will grow more luxuriantly, extending its branches 

 from thirty to forty feet, and producing larger and higher 

 coloured bloom, if planted at the foot of a wall with a southern 

 aspect. The stems are herbaceous and perish every year. 

 The large, fleshy root only requires to be protected from frost, 

 and might perhaps be safely taken up after the stems are 

 decayed, and preserved in dry mould or sand until the spring, 

 when they might be again planted out. 



As no female flowers have been observed, this species is 

 supposed to be dicecious. 



