TRITOMA PUMILA. 
Class. Order. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
A native of the Gi of Good Hope, 
whence it was introduced in 1774. 
leaves are about a foot long, and the flower 
stems the same height: they appear late in 
the autumn. It requires the greenhouse, 
and may be increased by offsets, which 
should be potted in sandy peat earth. 
When the gay flowers which delight us 
during the warmer seasons of the year have 
all passed away, and the shortness of the 
days gives notice of the rapid of 
pale winter, this pleasing flower appears in 
lively beauty, and raising its modest head, 
silently declares that the Almighty has 
made no season so gloomy, as to have no- 
thing to cheer us. Just so in the daily 
events of this changing life: in the midst of 
the darkest providences, those who atten- 
tively observe the ways of God will soon 
discern some beam of heavenly light, some 
sweetly encouraging motive for calm resig- 
nation, for grateful and adoring praise ! 
