base into a number of linear segments, so as to appear to be 

 whorled. The flowers are collected into terminal heads, 

 surrounded at their base by a number of floral leaves, divided, 

 like the stem leaves, into linear segments. The long slender 

 tube of the corolla projects beyond these leaves, and bears 

 at the top five spreading oval divisions, varying in colour 

 from white to pale blue and pink. The multitude of these 

 flowers gives the plant a very gay appearance, and as it is 

 perfectly hardy and promises to seed well, there is no doubt 

 but that in a short time it will be found an important addi- 

 tion to our flower-beds." 



To the foregoing account by Mr. Bentham, in the Hor- 

 ticultural Society's Transactions, we have little to add. 

 Although the species is perfectly hardy, yet it cannot bear 

 our summer heats, and only flourishes in the spring, or 

 more particularly the autumn, when the sun has lost his 

 power, and the nights are cool with heavy dews. It should 

 therefore either be sown in the autumn, so as to flower 

 early, or in June, in order that it may be read}'' for blossom- 

 ing in September. 



Any kind of soil seems to suit it, but it is not improbable 

 that a shaded American border may be best. It is a native 

 of California, whence it was sent by Mr. Douglas. 



The leaves are deeply divided into very narrow sharp- 

 pointed segments, which we remark are always some even 

 number, 4, or 6, or 8, or 10, and never an odd number, a 

 fact that seems to deserve the attention of the systematic 

 Botanist. 



