pland upon the high table-land of Mexico, between Carpio 

 and Gasave, at between 7 and 8000 feet of elevation. 



For some time after it was raised it was kept in a pot, 

 where it flowered abundantly in November and December 

 in the green-house ; and from plants so treated our draw- 

 ing was prepared. But it has subsequently been turned into 

 the soil of a turf-pit, which is screened from wet and the 

 most severe of the winter's cold, and there it has grown so 

 vigorously as scarcely to resemble its former self; on this 

 account some discrepancy will be found between our descrip- 

 tion and figure. It now forms a thick bush three or four 

 feet high, wdiich flowers in October and November, 



Easily increased by cuttings, which strike root as freely 

 as those of the Dahlia. 



