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. bibractea'ta (tvo-bracted). <. White. Au- 

 gust. 1*23. 

 ma'jor (larger). $. White. August. 1823. 



biconve'xa (double-convex). 5. White. Au- 



gust. 1800. 



biplanu'ta (flat-sided-teared). 1. White. Sep- 

 tember. 1823. 



bullula'ta (small-studded). 1. Yellow. Au- 

 gust. 1800. 



ci/ia'ta (hair-fringed). . Yellow. July. 1732. 



me'din (middle). . Ycliow. July. 1818. 



mi'nor (smaller). . Yellow. July. 1818. 



coccine'lla (small-scarlet). . Scarlet July. 



1823. 



columna'ris (columnar). . White. 178Q. 



cunci'nna (neat). . White. July. 1818. 



corda'ta (heart-leaved). . Pink. July. 17/4. 



cotyle'donis (cotyledon-leafed). 1. White. 



1800. Herbaceous. 



deje'cta (thrown-down). 1. White. July. 



1820. 



ericoi'des (heath-like). . White. Septem- 



ber. 1820. 



filicau'lis (thread-stemmed). . White. Au- 



gust. 1820. 



fruticulo'sa (under-shrubby). White. 



imbricu'ta (imbricated). 1. White. June. 



1/60. 



la'ctea. (milky). 3. White. September. 177-1. 



margina'lis (marginal). 2. Pale yellow. July. 



1774. 



obli'qua (unequal- leaved}. 4. Red. April. 



1759. 



nbtu'su (blunt-teamZ). ?. 1812. 



orbicula'ris (round-leaved). $. Pink. August. 



1/31. Herbaceous. 



perfilu'ta (threaded). 1. Pink. September. 



1785. 



pellu'cida (transparent). 1. Pink. August. 



1/32. 



puncta'ta (dotted). 1. White. June. 1750. 



ramo'sa (branchy). 2. Pink. July. 1/74. 



ramuliflo'ra (bra'nchlet-flowered). 1. White. 



June. 1822. 



revo'lvens (revolving). 1. White. August. 



1S20. 



rnsulu'ris (small-rosy). . White. July. 18:5. 



Herbaceous. 



rotundifo'tta (round-leaved). 1. White. Au- 



gust. 1820. 



sca'bra (rough -leaved]. . Pale yellow. June. 



1/30. 



scabre'lla (rouzhish). , White. 1810. 



spathula'ta (spathulated). . White. August. 



177-4. 



squamulo'sa (scaly). . White. July. )S17- 

 -~ telephioi'des tteiephium-like). 1. White. July. 



1318. 



telragr/na (four-ancled). 2. White. August. 



1711. 



Culture. Of the annual and biennial 

 species the seeds should be sown in pots, 

 in. spring, and, v>-hen the seedlings will 

 hear handling, separated and planted 

 singly in other pots. The same soil suits 

 them as the perennial succulent species, 

 which are those most in request. The 

 culture of these is as follows, whether 

 for bedding-out or growing constantly 

 under glass : Make short cuttings, about 

 the end of August or in September, of 

 the tops of the young shoots which 



have not flowered, and, after the cut- 

 tings are rooted, place singly in small 

 pots, and grow till the end of October, 

 when the pots are filled with roots. From 

 this time to the end of February keep 

 in a cool greenhouse, on a shelf close to 

 the glass, and give two or three water- 

 ings during the winter. As soon as the 

 plants begin to move in the spring, stop 

 them at about three or four inches from 

 the pot, and a few of the top leaves tako 

 off, to facilitate the growth of new shoots. 

 As soon as these are well formed, thin 

 them, so as to leave but from three to 

 six shoots on each plant, according to its 

 strength ; and, as soon as the shoots are 

 two inches long, shift into pots a size or 

 two larger, in a mixture of yellow loam 

 and pounded brick j, well drained. 



After the spring potting, indulge with 

 a little more than greenhouse-heat, by 

 placing them for two or three weeks in a 

 peach-house, or vinery, or a close pit, to 

 have them in full vigour by the middle 

 of May ; because, the earlier in the sum- 

 mer they complete their annual growth, 

 the more time and sun they have to 

 fi:iish their ripening process. About 

 midsummer, or before the beginning of 

 July, their growth is finished, and then 

 turn out of doors, and plunge in sand 

 close to the front wall of a hothouse, 

 where the heat, in the dog days, will often 

 range from 80 to 100, and where little 

 rain can get at them, the spouting which 

 receives the water from the roof passing 

 over their heads. The sand in which 

 they are plunged gets very hot also ; and, 

 by watering it occasionally between the 

 pots, the roots are kept sufficiently moist 

 without any water being given on the soil 

 in the pots. This treatment is more uni- 

 form and more natural to them than any 

 mode of pit or greenhouse culture. 



On the first indication of frost remove 

 into shallow, cold pits, where the lights 

 can be drawn off them every mild day till 

 the end of November ; then move them 

 to a dry shelf in the greenhouse ; but 

 they could be wintered in a dry pit from 

 which the frost could be kept. 



During the following spring keep as 

 cool as possible, being among the first 

 set of greenhouse plants to be removed 

 into cold pits when plants begin to grow 

 in the spring, and about the last plants 

 to be bedded out at the end of May ; and 

 they make the most brilliant bed for the 

 whole season, flowering for six weeks to 



