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on long petioles. Each peduncle sustains two flowers of" a very deep 

 blue colour, whence its name of Ani/ or Nil. 



It is a beautiful plant; and it flowers all the latter part of the 

 sunnncr. It is a native of America. 



The fourth species has strong fibrous roots. The stems are woody, 

 branched, growing twenty feet high, and more when supported. 

 Tiie flowers are axillary, several on one peduncle, for the most part 

 of a pale blue colour, but sometimes white. It flowers in June, July, 

 and August, and sometimes ripens seeds here. It is a native of the 

 Canary Islands. 



The fifth has upright, shrubby stems, about three feet high. The 

 leaves are lanceolate, blunt, silky, placed closely on every side the 

 stem; they are near two inches long, and a quarter of an inch broad. 

 The flowers are produced in clusters at the top of the stem, sitting 

 \evy close; they are of a pale rose-colour, and come out in June and 

 July, but do not perfect seeds in this climate. 



The sixth species has a round perennial stem, hispid, prostrate, 

 creeping, putting forth scattered, oblong, acuminate tubers, purple 

 or pale-coloured on the outside. The leaves are angular, on long 

 petioles. The flowers are purple, lateral, large, three or thereabouts 

 together, on upright peduncles. It is a native of both Indies, &c. 



Culture. — All the annual kinds -are easily raised, by sowing the 

 seed in the early spring months in patches, in the places where they 

 arc to flower, four or five seeds in each, half an inch deep. When 

 the plants are an inch or two high, they should be thinned out, so as 

 to leave but two or three of the best in each patch, managing them 

 afterwards as other ])lants of similar growth. 



The perennial species, which are tender, are mostly increased by 

 .layers from the young shoots in the spring, which take root freely in 

 three or four months: cuttings of the young shoots also grow freely 

 in a shady border when lanted during tiicsummer months. Suck- 

 ers taken from the root also make good plants when planted in the 

 same way. 'ihey should be kept in pots of rich earth, and ma- 

 naged in the same way as geraniums, myrtles, and other similar 

 plants. 



