No. 297, 
ARETIA ALPINA. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
This charming little plant is a native of 
the Alps of Switzerland: we received it in 
a living state in 1818, from our friend Mr. 
Schleicher, and it flowered the following 
spring, continuing for near two months in 
perfection 
It never exceeds one or two inches in 
height, and forms a very neat and proper 
plant for a rock. We have kept it in a pot, 
in loam, without any protection, but have 
not yet had time to increase it. It is said 
to have been first introduced into this coun- 
try in 1775, but it has been lost for a long 
time, and it is not improbable at all, that it 
may again experience a similar fate. y 
