means of recovering the variety, which would no doubt be 

 accomplished if persons in this country were to send the 

 figure to their correspondents in Mexico. Such is the 

 brilliancy of the scarlet, that no mixture of the most vivid 

 colours will match it by many degrees. 



Although as an annual, Z. violaceais usually propagated 

 by seeds, yet it strikes freely by cuttings taken off when 

 the stems have just become woody; a fact which is worth 

 knowing, in case the variety should be recovered. 



J. L. 



