CTSTUS. n\ 



they arc not always permanent when obtained 

 from seed. 



The greater number of the Cistus tribe are 

 natives of the south and warm parts of Europe, 

 and are always found in dry sheltered situations, 

 but never in the shade. We have hitherto seen 

 no species of the Cistus from China or the Indies, 

 and but one from America, and two from the Ca- 

 nary Islands. The oblong-leaved Cistus, Vagi- 

 natus, which was procured from TenerilFe, where 

 it is indigenous, is the most beautiful species yet 

 discovered, and forms one of the most elegant of 

 all the hardy green-house plants known, growing 

 from four to five feet in height, and producing in 

 the months of May and June numerous branches 

 of rose-coloured flowers about the size of the 

 common field Poppy. The foliage of this spe- 

 cies has an agreeable balsamic smell. It is easily 

 propagated by seeds, layers and cuttings, and as 

 we do not despair of its becoming, when more 

 accustomed to our climate, sufficiently hardy to 

 endure our winters, we recommend it particularly 

 to the notice of the British florists. The Hortus 

 Kewensis gives Mr. Mason the honour of first 

 introducing this plant in the year 1779; but 

 in Lamarck's Encyclopaedia, it is mentioned 

 as having been sent to the Royal Botanic Gar- 



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