it with dry straw, or some such substance, during winter, it 

 may be cultivated in the open borders ; but without this it 

 will not bear our frost. It blossoms in July and August, 

 and lasts till October. Seeds, which it ripens readily, are 

 usually employed as the means of its propagation. 



The down upon the leaves, stem, and calyx, is so ex- 

 ceedingly fine, that it cannot be represented in a drawing 

 without giving the surface too great an appearance of 

 pubescence; it is, in fact, so fine as not to be visible to 

 the naked eye. 



J. L. 



