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which were received from the late Mr. Drummond, in 
1835, and was named by Dr. Hooker after its indefati- 
gable discoverer as a tribute of respect to him It 
was then considered doubtful whether it would prove an 
annual or perennial, and the writer who first described it, 
says :— “Should this lovely species turn out to be an an- 
nual, which to all appearance it will, it must be regarded 
as a novel feature in this favorite genus. The plant is 
perfectly hardy, and will prove a great ornament to the 
flower-garden.” This we have found to be true, and 
wonder how the old gardeners could get along without 
this splendid flower, which if beautiful as it was first de- 
scribed by the person who received the seeds from its na- 
tive locality in Texas, how much more so in its improved 
state, with its varieties of brilliant crimson, scarlet, purple, 
white, and variegated flowers. “The plant is about one 
foot high, covered with long hairs. Corolla salver-shaped, 
tube long, very hairy, pale-rose colored; limb spreading, 
pale-rose colored without, rich rosy-red within; eye, deep 
crimson; throat, yellow.” This is the original description 
of it when first received, but it has since sported into a 
great variety of colors. It is propagated from seeds, 
which, if sown in a hot-bed in March and planted out in 
June, will flower profusely from the first of July to No- 
vember For masses of separate colors it is not surpassed 
by any other bedding-plant. The plants should be placed 
six inches apart each way, to make a solid mass of bloom. 
Plants from seed sown late in autumn, will be a fortnight 
in advance of those sown in the open ground in May. It 
will flourish best in a rich, but rather light soil. 
