HES'PERIS MATRON A'LIS. ptirpurea plena. 



DOUBLE-PURPLE ROCKET. 

 Class. Order. 



TETRADYNAMIA. SILIQOOSA. 



Natural Order. 



CRUCIFERJE. 



No. 70. 



The name of this genus has been considered un- 

 der the white variety of the same species, No. 39. 

 We should not, indeed, have noticed the present 

 variety of the same flower, but on account of its 

 very distinct habits from the double white Rocket. 

 It grows much taller, branched, and its flowers are 

 not so closely clustered. 



It is suitable for the front of the shrubbery bor- 

 der, and may be placed in those situations where it 

 will be succeeded by annuals of middle growth. 



The double varieties of the Rocket, particularly 

 the white, require some attention, in order to the 

 attainment of strong and luxuriant blossoming plants : 

 for we have not only seen them continue to grow in 

 a weakly and unthriving state, but not unfrequently 

 die altogether. 



The source of the best practical instructions on 

 this head has been previously noticed ; and the 

 greatest service we can render our readers will be 

 in transcribing it. 



" In the root method of proceeding, with the inten- 

 tion of providing offsets more abundantly, some of 

 the best plants should be placed in an open bed or 



