Cultivation of the Mimulus luteus. 21 



This beautiful flower is a native of Siberia, Japan, and many parts, 

 of Europe. The infinity of provincial names which have been be- 

 stowed upon it, would alone be sufficient to prove it to be a general 

 favorite. It has been called, in addition to the names already given, 

 Love in Idleness, Live in Idleness, Call me to you, Three faces 

 under a Hood, Herb Trinity, Flower of Jove, Ladies^ Delight, 

 Sj)arkler, Flamy, with many others. 



The cultivation of this plant is very simple : it may be increased 

 by dividing the roots in the spring or falL and also by layers and 

 pipings. To obtain new varieties, the seeds from the best sorts should 

 be gathered as they become ripe, and sown directly. The plants 

 will appear in about fourteen days : those of the spring sowing, will 

 bloom in autumn, and the autumn plants in the spring ; and if they 

 are protected from the summer's sun, after ten o'clock, A. M., they 

 will continue to bloom until the frost becomes severe. 



The best sorts are the purpurea, alba, and Carter^s Prince of 

 Orange, ihe latter raised from seed, in 1832, by Mr. William Carter, 

 at the Botanic Garden, Cambridge; to these add Perfection, Sir 

 Walter Scott, Mary (^ueen of Scots, Luna, Admiral, and some other 

 choice varieties, to be found in every good collection. 



Roxbury, Dec. 1834. S. Walker. 



Art. VI. Cultivation of the Mimulus lilteus, var. rivuldris. 

 By the Conductors. 



This little beauty of the flower-garden and green-house, is easily 

 raised from cuttings, or from seeds, which it produces in great abun- 

 dance. There are three or four fine new varieties, originated 

 in the English gardens, during the last two years, and which are, 

 from the colored plates and descriptions, much more beautiful than 

 the luteus rivularis. They will probably be introduced into our 

 gardens before another season. The seed, if sown during Janu- 

 ary, February or March, should be placed in the green-house; it 

 will be up in a few days, and the plants should be potted off" into 

 the smallest size pots. When they are rooted, they should be 

 kept constantly watered, and as soon as the pots are filled with 

 roots, shift them into the next size, in which tlicy will flower freely. 

 Cuttings should be two or three inches in length, and they will 

 root without difficulty. 



Put five or six cuttings in each pot. The soil for them should 

 be, about two thirds loam, and one third leaf mould, or peat earth. 

 Mimulus moschatus, (musk-scented) and punctatus, are very pretty 

 plants, and should be in every collection. They may all be turned 

 out of the pots into the border, during summer. 



