Хо. 1182. 
PATERSONIA GLAUCA. 
' Class. i Order. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 
A native of New South Wales and Van 
Diemen’s Island. It was lately raised by 
Mr. Barclay, who kindly imparted it to us. 
It requires the greenhouse, and will ocea- 
sionally increase by separating the roots. 
The soil should be sandy peat. 
It flowered with us in May and June: 
the blossoms are beautiful: they usually 
come out singly, and last but a few hours— 
a fit emblem of some of those transient 
pleasures which are met with in life, no 
sooner possessed than they disappear. Not 
so the tranquil joys which arise from 
eternal things: like the stately palms, these 
are still advancing, and pointing to that 
heaven, where there is fulness of joy, and 
to the right hand of God, where there are 
pleasures for ever and ever. 
