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The second species has the leaves ovate, elongated, and strict: 

 the calyxes shallow, and in form of a basin, the calycine teeth nar- 

 row, sharp, and not very leafy : the corolla is of a papery substance, 

 extremely thin, of a dull and very pale greenish straw-colour, with 

 very minute dots thickly and irregularly scattered over it: the seg- 

 ments of the border commonly seven, sometimes eight, but very sel- 

 dom six, always shorter, narrower, contiguous, rounded, blunt, with- 

 out any auricles at the base; and finally the bellying of the corolla 

 is blunter and almost the same over the whole bell. It is a native of 

 Austria. 



The third has the stem upright near a foot high : the leaves smooth, 

 about two inches long, and three quarters of an inch broad at the 

 base, embracing there, and ending in an acute point; they are of a 

 fine green, have five longitudinal veins, joining at both ends, but 

 diverging in the middle, and diminish in size as they are nearer the 

 top: the flowers are in pairs opposite, on short peduncles; pretty 

 large, bell shaped, and of a fine blue colour. It is a native of Switz- 

 erland, flowering in July and August. 



The fourth species has a large woody branched root: a set of 

 ovate-lanceolate leaves spreads on the surface: the stem from one to 

 three inches in height, with one or two pairs of leaves on it, and ter- 

 minated by one very large, upright, handsome flower (in the garden, 

 when the plants are strong, there are sometimes more,) which is 

 of a deep azure blue, dotted on the inside. It is a native of 

 Austria. 



Culture. The three first sorts are easily raised, by sowing the 

 seed in pots soon after it is ripe, as when kept till the spring it will 

 not succeed : the pots should be placed in a shady situation, and 

 kept clean from weeds. Some advise their being sown where they 

 are to remain, but the first is probably the best method. In the 

 spring the plants appear, when they must be duly watered in dry 

 weather, and kept clean from weeds till the following autumn; then 

 be carefully shaken out of the pots, so as not to break or injure their 

 roots; and a shady border of loamy earth should be well dug and 



