No. 1651. 



ALSTRCEMERIA OVATA 



Class, 



UEXANDRIA 



Order. 



MO NOG rX^lA 



A native of Chili and Peru : we received 

 it from our friend Mr. IVrNab, of the Edin- 

 burgh garden, by whom it was raised from 

 seeds in 1825. It is a herbaceous climbing 

 plant, grovving to the height of six feet or 

 more during the summer, and flowering 

 from July till late in autumn. It is usually 

 l^ept in a greenhouse, but we have found it 

 live very well in a warm border, during the 

 severe winter of 1829, together with the 

 A. pulchella and Hookeri. It may be in- 

 creased by dividing the roots, and should 

 be planted in rich well manured soil- 



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