228 FLORA HISTORICA, 



ivitliered, remain beautiful long time after, as my- 

 selfe did see in the liandes of Master Wade, one of 

 the clerks of hir Maiestie's Counsel!, which was 

 sent him among other things from Padua, in Italic." 

 This species seems to be improperly called Orientale, 

 since it is stated to be a native plant of Africa. It 

 has been long cultivated in Portugal, where it is 

 principally used to ornament the churches in the 

 ivinter season ; but it is of too tender a nature to 

 stand the severity of our winters without the pro- 

 tection of eitlier a frame or a green-house. When 

 planted in the open garden it should be placed in a 

 •warm sunny situation, and have a light soil. It is 

 raised from seed, which should be sown in pots in 

 the spring, and placed under a frame to forward 

 them ; and it may also be propagated by sHps, or 

 cuttings, taken off at a joint, during the summer 

 months. These should be covered with a hand 

 glass, and kept shaded from the sun, and moderately 

 moist until they have taken root, when they may 

 be gradually accustomed to the air, and kept as 

 much as possible in a dry atmosphere. The time 

 of flowering is from May to the end of August. 



AVe have obtained nineteen species of Gnapha- 

 lium from the Cape of Good Hope, all of which re- 

 quire the protection of the conservatory during the 

 winter months, and to be planted in peat or sandy 

 loam : several of these exotic species are of sufficient 

 beauty to repay this attention. 



