No. 898. 
MONSON TA SPECIOSA. 
Class. Order. 
MONADELPHIA DODECANDRIA. 
This genus was named in memory of 
Lady Anne Monson, whose taste in botany 
and other branches of natural ge) has 
been much celebrated. 
It is a pleasing plant, which flowers in 
the spring, and is a native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. It requires to be kept in a 
warm part of the greenhouse, and may 
be increased by cuttings of the root: they 
should be potted in sandy peat and loam. 
