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tops die in winter, but the roots remain good, and at the return of 

 spring push forth shoots. The plant delights in a rich soil. When 

 the summer season proves dry, the plant requires a free supply of 

 water ; if deprived of this it will be weakly and produce few flowers. 

 When grown in such a soil, and well attended with water, I have 

 had the plant to grow two feet high. I tried a single plant in a rich 

 soil, and pinched off all suckers as they appeared, and I had the 

 pleasure to see a fine plant two feet high, clothed with blossoms, this 

 was grown in a pot, placed in the flower garden. 



I have several vases placed in a flower garden, a plant of a Fuch- 

 sia, or other ornamental plant, is placed in each, being grown in a 

 pot, I had a circular pot a few inches deep, made tc fit to the inner 

 rim of the vase, and up to the edge of the pot containing the Fuchsia, 

 &c, in this I planted the Mimulus moschatus, attended it well with 

 water, the shoots pushed rapidly, and hanging gracefully down the 

 side, flowered abundantly, having a prettj' appearance, and perfuming 

 the air to a considerable distance. I painted the vase green in order 

 to show the flowers to advantage. 



I find that the plant speedily exhausts a soil that was well enriched 

 at the first planting, and if not replanted, soon becomes weakly. I, 

 therefore, replant every second year, by taking up the roots as soon 

 as the shoots push at spring, in entire masses, with the soil adhering 

 and placing such upon a rich soil, fill up the interstices with similar 

 soil, in this way the plant grows vigorously the first season. 



This plant is very ornamental when grown in pots, and kept in a 

 greenhouse or room, a liberal supply of water being given — keening 

 a portion in a stand in which the pot is placed. 



The plant is easily propagated, either by division of the roots, &c, 

 by sowing seed in the spring, or even by cuttings of the shoots. 



Mimulus roseus. — This is a very delicate flowering species, re- 

 quiring a rich sandy loam. It is easily raised from seed, and 

 flourishes well, either in the open ground, or cultivated in pots. The 

 flowers are not produced so numerously as in any other species or 

 varieties I possess, but they are of a pretty rose colour. 



Mimulus variegatus. — This is a very neat and pretty flowering 

 species, making a showy appearance ; it delights in a rich 

 loam. A bed of it looks well. It also grows freely in pots. The 

 plant is easily propagated, either by seed or division. It is a far 

 prettier species than the roseus, and deserves to be in every flower 

 garden. 



Mimulus rivularis. — A considerable number of very handsome 

 varieties have been raised from this species, as Youngii, Smithii 



