broad and rounded, or sometimes a little hollow at the 

 points, or obcordate, of a saffron colour, more or less 

 tinged with a ferruginous tint. Stamens numerous, 

 unequal in length : Jilaments smooth, yellow. Germen 

 silky. Style about the length of the stamens, nearly 

 straight, or very little bent at the base, slender at the 

 base, and thickening upwards. Stigma capitate, pa- 

 pillose. 



Our drawing of this handsome variety was taken 

 from a plant at the Nursery of Mr. J. Mackay, at 

 Clapton, where it was grown with numerous other 

 species and varieties, in a border at the front of his 

 Greenhouses ; in our opinion, it is a more beautiful 

 variety than the copper-coloured one, and is a delight- 

 ful plant for ornamenting rock- work, or to be grown 

 in a dry border, thriving well in a light sandy soil, or 

 if grown in pots, an equal portion of sandy loam and 

 peat will suit it well ; it is pretty hardy, but it will be 

 best to give it a slight covering in severe frost. Young 

 cuttings, planted under hand-glasses in Autumn, strike 

 root readily. 



We have this Winter tried a great many species of 

 Cistus in various situations in the open ground, and 

 have found them succeed best, and suffer the least 

 from frost, in a border with a north-west aspect ; 

 scarcely any of them were injured in the least, though 

 several were of the tenderer sorts, and they had not the 

 least covering or protection ; we attribute this to their 

 being in a more dormant state, and their wood there- 

 fore more hardened to withstand the frost ; as those in 

 a southern aspect, though partially covered, were hurt 

 much worse, which we account for by their being more 

 in a growing state. 



