tage. It may also be well recommended for decorating the 

 herbaceous border : indeed it appears with marked splendour 

 and is viewed with great interest intermixed with other dwarf- 

 growing herbaceous plants. The flowers are pink with some- 

 what of a purplish tinge, and appear in the months of June 

 and July, at which time others of the same genus are m flower 

 with which it may be intermixed, as P. amccna^ P. suhulata^ 

 P. carnea ; and for a fiirther contrast of colours, the following 

 dwarf plants would appear as companions to advantage : Gen- 

 tiana verna, JRhexia virginica^ Globularia nudicaidis, Chironia 

 Centaurium^Spigelia mar ilandica, and Androsace carnea. These 

 in combination are alike applicable for rock-work or for the 

 herbaceous border. The plant here figured thrives in a light 

 open earth, and is readily propagated by cuttings, which should 

 be taken off about the beginning of July and placed under a 

 hand-glass in a shaded situation, and in the following spring 

 should be planted out or potted as may be required. It is a 

 native of North America, and was introduced in 1790. The 

 specimen from which the drawing for this figure was made, 

 flowered at Mr. Knight's Nm-sery, King's Road, Chelsea. 



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1 . Corolla cut open, showing ihe insertion of the stamens in the tube 



of the corolla, and the pistil and calyx at the base. 



2. Pistil magnified. 



