not knowing of what country his plant was native, and 

 finding that in a Greenhouse it did not thrive, he put it in 

 a stove, when it at length unfolded its magnificent blossoms. 



We suppose it is possible to increase it either by divi- 

 sion of its perennial root, or by cuttings, although its soft 

 annual stem is but ill adapted to the latter operation. Its 

 seeds may be procured abundantly from North America, 

 and are, in fact, often imported for sale along with other 

 American productions. 



With our wild specimens from South Carolina, gathered 

 by the late Mr. Frazer, the Garden plant agrees suffi- 

 ciently. Cavanilles says his flowers in the Garden at 

 Madrid had a yellowish white colour; but Pursh, and all 

 other authors, describe them as purple or rosy red. 



J. L. 



