tion will stand the severity of our Winters without pro- 

 tection ; it varies considerably in the size of its leaves, 

 and also in their being more or less curled, but it is 

 readily recognized by the short stalks of the flowers ; 

 the petals are also of a different sort of red from any other 

 species, so that it makes a very pleasing variety : it also 

 makes a snug growing bushy plant, and its flowers are 

 produced in succession from June to August, and are 

 sometimes succeeded by ripe seeds. It succeeds well in 

 the common garden soil ; or if grown in pots or on rock- 

 work, a mixture of sandy loam and peat will suit it very 

 well. Cuttings of it, planted under hand-glasses in Au- 

 tumn, will strike root readily, but they will not strike 

 so freely in Summer ; the young shoots must be taken 

 for cuttings, and must not be planted too close together, 

 or they will be apt to damp one another off; plants may 

 also be raised from seeds, which may either be sown as 

 soon as gathered, or left till Spring ; they will succeed 

 equally well, if transplanted thinly into pots when of a 

 small size, that they may not miss their removal. 



Our drawing was made from plants at the Nursery 

 of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, at Fulham, 

 last Summer. 







