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If tied to a stick, and thus forced to grow erect, it will 

 throw out a great number of lateral branchlets, at the end 

 of every one of which will be a bunch of flowers. 



It is a native of the island of Chiloe, It will grow 

 readily in any common soil, and is propagated by cuttings. 

 It blows in April, and may be seen at the garden of the 

 Horticultural Society. 



572. ASTER AMYGDALINUS. Almond-leaved Aster. 



Class 19th. Syngenesia Polygamia Superflua. 



A hardy handsome Perennial, rising to five or six feet. 

 It flowers in September, and is readily increased by division 

 of its roots. 



It is a native of North America. 



573. SALPIGLOSSIS ATROPURPUREA. Dark Purple 



Salpiglossis. 



Class 14th. Didynamia Angiospermia. 



This beautiful species of a lovely genus is remarkable 

 for the intense blackish purple colour of its flowers. It is 

 a Biennial, the seeds of which should be sown in the sum- 

 mer, so that the young plants may be well established by 

 the end of autumn. They should then be kept in a good 

 airy greenhouse during the winter, and afterwards be either 

 shifted into large pots for flowering, under glass, or trans- 

 ferred to the open ground, the same as tender Annuals. 

 The soil proper for them is a strong loam, for they will 

 not thrive in a dry light soil. 



Its native place is Chile. 



