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tering like golde, in forme resembling the scalie 

 flowers of Tansie, which being gathered before 

 they be ripe or withered, remain beautiful long 

 time after, as myselfe did see in the handes of 

 Master Wade, one of the clerks of hir Maiesties 

 Counsell, which was sent him among other things 

 from Padua, in Italie." 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 winter 

 season, but it is of too tender a nature to stand 

 the severity of our winters without the protection 

 of either a frame or a green-house. When plant- 

 ed 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 for- 

 ward them ; and it may also be propagated by 

 slips, 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 at- 

 mosphere. The time of flowering is from May 

 to the end of August. 



We have obtained nineteen species of Gna- 



