Grace the Duke of Northumberland. Mr. Forrest informs 

 us that it bore all the rigour of last winter in a cold 

 frame ; that it was planted out upon the rockwork early 

 in spring, and has been in blossom from April up to the 

 period of the publication of this plate. It grows freely 

 in a mixture of peat and loam, and roots at every joint, 

 perfecting seeds abundantly. Some of the runners were 

 18 inches Ions'. 



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The principal difference between Pratia and Lobelia 

 consists in the baccate fruit of the former, accompanied 

 by the peculiar habit of the species now represented. 



J. L. 



