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habits than the common Cohimbine, the leaves are more 

 finely divided ; it is about one foot high, producing its 

 beautiful flowers in June. The flowers are large and rich 

 sky-blue; the inside and margin of the corolla pure 

 white. It is one of the most desirable of the genus, 

 propagated from seeds, or dividing the roots soon after 

 flowering and not in the spring. This splendid species 

 is lost to me and I cannot obtain it from Europe ; the 

 seed which has been sent me for this, has proved to be 

 something else. Many of the Siberian plants are pro- 

 tected by the deep snows of that climate, and our open 

 Avinters are fatal to many plants from that region, and I 

 suppose I lost my bed of this elegant flower on account 

 of its being half-hardy. It should have been kept in a 

 frame through the winter. 



A. alpina^ is a very handsome species with rich, deep 

 blue flowers ; which, instead of drooping as in other 

 species, has its flowers erect. 



A. Skinn^rii; raised from imported seed, it has large 

 red flowers ; the sj)urs are of deep green color, singular 

 and beautiful, this also is lost in my collection. I do not 

 know its origin. A. Mcolor, is a beautiful hybrid. Most of 

 the species and varieties are at home in any good garden 

 soil 



AECTOTIS. 



[Named from Greek words, signifying bear, and capsule, because its fruit is 

 shaggy, lilte a bear.] 



Arctotis breyisc4pa, a new annual. I do not know the 

 origin of this plant, but received it, with other seeds, 

 from Paris. The flowers are composite, like the Calen- 

 dula officinalis, or Pot Marigold, and have some resem- 

 blance to that flower, but the foliage is quite different. The 



