No. 415. 
LINARIA ALPINA. 
Class. Order. 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
This elegant little plant is a native of the 
Alps of Switzerland and Austria: it has 
been long known in this country, but is 
generally very soon lost, for its native places 
of growth are those snowy heights, which 
are so different from our climate that it 
cannot long exist in our denser atmosphere. 
With us it begins to flower in the month 
of May, and continues long in beauty. We 
have preserved it best in a pot in loamy 
soil, and without any covering in winter, as 
the cold never injures it. The root seldom 
separates for increase ; it is therefore neces- 
sary to obtain seeds for that purpose, which, 
sown in the spring, often flower the same 
year. 
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