passes, we find Pr. Stuartii, with its rich yellow glow, by the 

 side of the equally beautiful Pr. purpurea. 



The accompanying figure represents the appearance of 

 the plant in a pot, as it flowered last spring in a frame in 

 the garden of the Horticultural Society, and it agrees with 

 the stature of the wild specimens from Nepal and Kamaon 

 now before me. But I find the leaves of a plant on some 

 rockwork in a northern aspect are already a foot long, and it 

 is therefore to be anticipated that a far more vigorous vege- 

 tation will be manifested by it. It is certainly quite hardy. 



In Roemer and Schultes's System of Plants this species is 

 said to be a native of high mountains on the coast of Chil- 

 longo in Africa, a most extraordinary error. 



It requires a rich loamy soil and a dry situation. It is 

 easily increased, either by dividing the old plants when in a 

 dormant state, or by seeds which should be sown in pans, 

 filled with light rich soil about a quarter of an inch deep. In 

 May they will be fit for potting off singly into small pots, and 

 eventually they may be planted in the open border, care being 

 taken to select for them a rather dry situation. They suffer 

 more from wet than cold during the winter. The plant flowers 

 during the months of March and April; the seedlings will not 

 flower the first season. 



