162 SELECTION OF PLANTS. 



most valuable that we are acquainted with. It will some- 

 times grow 10 or 12 feet in the year, and therefore well 

 adapted to scrambling over old pales, or to -covering 

 any other place in which a wildness of appearance is de- 

 sirable. It is full as fragrant as the sweet-scented Chinese 

 Rose, in colour deeper, especially before being fully ex- 

 panded. It is readily increased by cuttings. 



500. LOASA AMBROSI.EFOLIA. Ambrosia-leaved Loasa. 



Class t3th. Polyandria Monogynia. 



This is a very beautiful new Annual, it was placed 

 on the south side of a yew hedge in the garden of the 

 Horticultural Society, where it grew vigorously, attaining 

 a height of about 2 feet and a half, flowering from July 

 to September, and producing seed freely. 



It perished at the first approach of frost. 



501. SEDUM CEP^IA. Panicled Stonecrop. 



Gass 10th. Decandria Pentagynia. 



It is an Annual, and well adapted to ornamental rock- 

 work. It also grows well in the common border. 



It is a native of the South of Europe, and may be seen 

 in the garden of the Horticultural Society. 



502. CALOCHORTUS VENUSTUS. Spotted Calochortus. 



Class 6th. Hexandria Monogynia. 



A remarkable and beautiful bulbous plant, which flowers 

 in June ; at which season it gives a new feature to the 

 flower garden ; it is cultivated without difficulty. The bulb 

 should be kept dry till Christmas, and then planted in a 

 pot and placed in the greenhouse, whence it may be placed 



