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rendered a valuable plant; and the "striking contrast that is pre- 

 sented between its large and handsome foliage and its elegant 

 blossonis, entitle it to more than ordinary attention and regard." 

 This species differs from the others, in throwing up its flowers 

 and foliage directly from the root: it therefore takes up but lit- 

 tle room, and is a fine plant for a front stage of a stove, where it 

 makes a conspicuous appearance. 



Each flower is solitary, and produced on a peduncle about three 

 or four inches long and slightly nodding. The' corolla is cam- 

 panulate or bell-shaped, and of a bright scarlet. So far as its 

 management is understood, it prefers a rather rich soil, and re- 

 quires to be kept in a humid part of the stove, where it should 

 have good supplies of water during the summer season. It was 

 introduced to England from the Berlin Botanic Garden, by 

 Messrs. Rollison of Tooting, from whose collection the draw- 

 ing was made. It seems a very desirable plant. (Pax. JMag. 

 Bot.^ April.) 



Scrophularidcece. 



jJNTIRRHrNUM 

 mijiis var. caryophylloides. Carnation like Snap-dragon. A half hardy perennial(?); grow- 

 ing from one to two feet hiph; with striped flowers; appearing in August and September; 

 cultivated in common soil; increased by cuttings and seeds. Pax. Alag. Bot., Vol. V, p. 55. 



A very beautiful variety of the common snap-dragon, so well 

 known and generally cultivated. The shape of the flowers and 

 habit of the plant are nearly the same, but in color the blossoms 

 resemble the "choicest carnation," being very distinctly striped 

 with deep red on a white ground. Occasionally some flowers open 

 pure white, and others spotted with red, but generally they are 

 true to their character, and are as finely marked as a carnation. 

 The plant grows rather more bushy than its parent. 



This variety is of simple growth, and may be planted out in 

 the border, where it will display its flowers until very late in the 

 autumn, requiring no other care than that ordinarily given to pe- 

 rennial plants. It is a most profuse bloomer, and by judicious 

 management may be made to produce blossoms nearly the whole 

 season. It is also a very fine plant for the green-house, and, we 

 doubt not, for parlor cultivation. The following directions may 

 serve as some guide to the treatment of the plants: — 



"In the month of September cuttings should be put in, mak- 

 ing use of light soil. After they have become rooted they should 

 be potted off into the same soil, and removed to the green-house, 

 or, in place of this, a frame or pit. Here they should remain, 

 if in the former situation, until cool weather, and then be remov- 

 ed into a pot. Early in the spring they will require shifting into 

 larger pots, and as soon as the weather is settled, they may be 

 planted out into the open border, where they will soon grow up 

 and flower vigorously and profusely. Cuttings may be put in at 

 almost any time, and a succession of flowers obtained the whole 



