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iioddina;; lliroal open willioul an}' palate; spur sliorl, beul baek : 

 the anlhcrs rcticx, dark blue. It is a native of Spain, &c. 



Culture. — In most ol' the plants of the Toad-Flax kind the pro- 

 pagation ma}"^ be readily effected by sowing the seeds either in the 

 autumn or the spring, in situations wheie they are to remain, and 

 wheiv \\\v soil is light and not enriched by manure. The seeds of 

 ihe third, sixth, and eleventh species arc best put into ihc ground in 

 the spring; and those of the fourth, fifth, eighth, and ninth in the au- 

 tumn. The first species may be increased by the trailing stalks 

 which put out roots from the joints. It will succeed in any soil or 

 situation. The fourth and fifth species may likewise be j)ropagated 

 by parting the roots. The seventh and tenth may be raised by cut- 

 tings, which should be planted out in a shady situation in the sum- 

 mer season, and when they have taken good root they may be 

 removed into pots of light earth of the jjoorer sort. The striped 

 varieties must also be propagated by cuttings, in tiic same way as 

 the above. 



The plants raised by cuttings should be sheltered during the win- 

 ter months, fresh air being admitted freely in mild weather. When 

 protected under a hot-bed tiame they succeed better than in the green- 

 house, as in the latter situation the plants are apt to be drawn up 

 weak. 



The plants raised from seed should be removed inlo J)()l8 of light 

 sandy earth, especially in flu; eleventh species, till they have taken 

 fresh root, being then exposed in assemblage with other hardy exotic 

 plants till October, when they should be placed in a hot-bed frame 

 to be protected from frost. Some may likewise be i)lanted out in 

 warm situations on rubbish or poor sandy soils, where tli(\v will fre- 

 quently stand in miki winters, as in such siliuitions they resist cold 

 the best. 



In the Snap dragon kind the propagation may be accomplished 

 cither by the seed or by cuttings. AA'hen the forujer melhod is prac- 

 tised, the seeds in the thirteenth tj;ecies should be sown in the 

 s])ring, as in April or May, in tlu' j)laces wheie they are to remain, 

 ivlierc they will produce flowers in ihe following spring. I'ut in the 



