182 Culture of the Tussildgofragrans. 



33. Nemophila atomaria o white 47. .Erysimum Perowskiairam O 



with black dots. dark orange. 



34. insignis o brilliant ultrama- 48. Eutoca Menziesfi o pale blue. 



rine blue. 49. Jnagallis latifolia © dark blue. 



35. aurita O dark purplish blue. 50. grandiflora Q> dark scarlet. 



36. Petunia erubescens t_l or o blu- 51. Calceolaria intearifolia A yellow. 



ish. 52. Petunia bicolor i_J pink and white 



37. Lobeh'a ramosa o dark blue. striped. 



38. gracilis o pale blue. 53. Phlox verna A white. 



39. lutea A yellow. 54. Pentstemon glandulosus A pale 



40. Calceolarias of sorts A various pink. 



shades of red, yellow and white. 55. Catananche caerulea Q> blue. 



41. Gilia tricolor o white, purple, 56. Gaillardia bicolor o yellow and 



and black. dark red. 



42. Crucianella stylosa A lilac. 57. <Senecio elegans o purple. 



43. Eschscholtzk crocea o orange. 58. Nierembergt'a filicaulis A pale 



44. Gilia capitata o blue. lilac. 



45. Antirrhinum variegatum A dark 59. Collinsfa bicolor o purple and 



red and white. white. 



46. Zinnia elegans coccinea o dark 60. Stenactis speciosa A purple and 



scarlet. yellow. 



Bays water, March, 1841. 



Art. XII. On the Culture of the Tussilago fragrans. By Archi- 

 bald Gorrie. 



This delightfully fragrant plant has now been an inhabitant of 

 Britain for something more than thirty years ; and yet, so far as I 

 know, its culture has not nearly met with that attention which its 

 fragrance merits, flowering too, as it does, at a season when the 

 greenhouse is not overstocked with sweet-smelling plants in 

 flower. It is rather surprising, that nurserymen and commercial 

 florists have not long since directed more attention to its culture ; 

 as from its scent, its adaptation to flower in situations where the 

 temperature does not fall below the freezing point, its singular 

 though not beautiful appearance, and from the heliotropean per- 

 fume which it diffuses through any apartment where only one 

 plant may be in flower, it must, when known well, become a 

 favourite with amateurs, and its culture a profitable speculation 

 for florists in large towns ; but it is a rapidly-spreading plant, 

 and with ordinary culture flowers sparingly, which partly ac- 

 counts for the small share it has hitherto received of the florist's 

 attention. I know of no plant that is a greater favourite with 

 ladies, either growing in pots or as a cut flower : and, to insure 

 a regular or ample supply of flowering plants, it is only requisite 

 to prepare a steep bank facing the south, and sloping to an angle 

 of about 45 degrees; about the middle of June, fill it with plants 

 6 in. apart ; and cover the surface of the bank with at least 

 6 in. of ordinary garden mould. No further attention is neces- 

 sary till the end of October, when it will be observed that almost 

 every flower has formed a bold swelling flower-bud, from which 



