No. 870. 
TRADESCANTIA ROSEA. 
Class. Order. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
This plant is a native of Carolina and 
Georgia, and has been lately introduced. 
It is herbaceous, and seldom exceeds a 
foot in height. The umbel consists ofa num- 
ber of flowers, which do not open all at 
once, but two or three at a time in succes- 
sion. It requires protecting from the frost 
during the winter, in the greenhouse, and 
may be increased by separating the roots in 
the spring. The soil should be sandy peat, 
and the pots need not be very large. 
This genus was named by Linnaeus in 
commemoration of John Tradescant and 
his son. He was gardener to King Charles 
the First, and one of the earliest in this 
country who collected plants, as well as 
whence he brought many plants. Their 
acquisitions (of which a catalogue printed in 
1656 is extant,) on the death of the younger 
R Ba ta a 
