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of a very rich orange hue, not unlike the same color in 

 Eschscholtzm crocea. The five divisions of the florets were 

 of a seemingly black hue, so intense was the color which 

 lined the interior, and which same, also, clothed the bifid 

 stigma at its summit. These minuter flowers, (the florets,) 

 which made up the disk or centre, were exquisite objects 

 under the microscope, composed, as the instrument revealed, 

 of the most delicate hyaline tissue at base, then of golden 

 colors, and set oflT with the dark summits ; and, superadded, 

 with the violet anthers filled and overflowing with myriads 

 of golden pollen grains. The gland-like hairs which clothed 

 the peduncle owed the red color to the effect produced by 

 the unequally diff'used presence of a cherry-red substance 

 lodged in one or more of the seven or eight joints which 

 made up each hair, each hair itself being only about a six- 

 teenth of an inch in total length. This jointed hair was 

 composed of cells, most singularly springing from a globular 

 cell situated upon the epidermis (skin) of the stem ; and the 

 entire eff"ect was remarkably pleasing. 



Of the culture of the plant, you, Mr. Editor, may be able 

 perhaps to speak with more knowledge than I may ; but 

 judging from its affinity with similar species, I should sup- 

 pose that the sowing of the seed would prove the easiest and 

 best. 



If any of your correspondents or readers may find fault with 

 its (provisional) name, perhaps they may prefer the same, by 

 way of translation, Anglice, as the Marigold Bear's-ear. For 

 my own part, I prefer the scientific and technical. Thanking 

 you for the enjoyment your courtesy in passing over into my 

 hands the subject of this article has afforded me, I remain 

 Yours, «fcc., J. L. R. 



The species of Arctotis so well described by Mr. Russell, 

 was raised from seed received from Italy, by M. B. Williams, 

 Esq. of Roxbury, who kindly presented us a plant. It is a 

 showy species, but whether it is the A. calendulacea or not, we 

 are unable to say. Paxton, in his Dictionary, does not men- 

 tion such a species, and as we learn from Mr. Williams it is 



