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for a small sum, a copy of the ''Great American Water Lily," 

 without plates, recently published for the convenience of 

 those who cannot afford to buy one of the magnificent col- 

 ored copies. — Ed. 



REMARKS ON A SPECIES OF ARCTOTIS. 



BY JOHN L. RUSSELL, PROF. EOT. MASS. HORT. SOC. 



Through the attention of Mr. F. Burr, Jr. of Boston, I was 

 directed, lately, to the collection of the Messrs. Hovey, to 

 view a new flower, which had very much pleased him. By 

 the liberality of the Messrs. Hovey, I was permitted to take 

 this brilliant blossom home, in order if possible to identify it 

 as some described species, or to ascertain if it were as really 

 new to science, as it seemed to be a novelty and rarity to us. 

 With what means I had at hand, I concluded that it might 

 be Arctotis calendulacea of Willdenow, (Species Planatarwm, 

 Tome iii., p. 2347,) a native of the Cape of Good Hope. Un- 

 fortunately I had no opportunity for recourse to any of the 

 authorities quoted by the author. If my surmises should 

 prove correct, the possessor of this rich beauty may congrat- 

 ulate himself in the introduction of an exotic annual, which 

 will prove as desirable to the greenhouse as to the open bor- 

 der. It is to be hoped that sufficient pains will be bestowed 

 on its care, to insure the ripening of seed, to facilitate its 

 speedy distribution among our florists and flower lovers. 



The Genus Arctotis belongs to the Linnasan class of Syn- 

 genesia, or to the natural order of Compositse, since called 

 Asteracae by Prof. Lindley, and known also under several 

 names by other authors, all indicating a common character of 

 inflorescence. It has been considered the largest known nat- 

 ural order of plants, if by a still more elaborate and careful 

 study of its genera, it should not prove to be the rather a 

 grouping of individual plants of seeming alliance, but really 

 of distinctive characteristics. To the Compositse belong 

 some of the noblest and richest styles of flowers, whether 



