178 SELECTION OF PLANTS. 



It is a native of Italy, presented by a gentleman, whose 

 name it bears. 



554. PIMELEA INTERMEDIA. Intermediate Pimelea. 



Class 2nd. Diandria Monogynia. 



A neat greenhouse shrub, native of King George's 

 Sound, in New Holland. It succeeds well in a mixture 

 of light sandy loam and peat, and increases readily by 

 cuttings. It blossoms in March. 



555. Low's PURPLE LOBELIA. 



Class 19th. Syngenesia Monogamia. 



This plant first made its appearance here from Scotland. 

 To cultivators it is a plant of much importance. Its very 

 brilliant colours, mostly dark purple, hardiness, and facility 

 of cultivation, are all points of great merit. 



It grows about two feet high, is perfectly hardy in the 

 summer, and flowers from May till October. 



556. MR. YOUNG'S CALCEOLARIA. 



Class 2nd. Diandria Monogynia. 



It grows freely in rich soil, and is increased by division 

 of the roots. It requires an airy situation in the green- 

 house throughout the winter. Early in the spring care 

 should be taken to ob.serve its progress, so as always to 

 give it ample pot room, shifting it as soon as its roots 

 reach the outside at the bottom of the pot, by which 

 means much luxuriance of growth, and an astonishing 

 abundance of flowers are ensured : but the greatest display 

 of its beauty is to be obtained by planting it in rich soil 



