By Joseph Sabine, Esq. 



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varieties of coccinea, the original deep coloured one and a 

 paler one, which, though called by him crocata, was the pale 

 yellow variety, as is apparent from the figure of it, published 

 in the Paradisus Londinensis. Mr. Salisbury also obtained 

 several varieties from the seeds which he received from 

 Holland House, in 1806 ; these he has particularly noticed 

 in his Paper, printed in the first volume of the Transactions 

 of the Horticultural Society. In the fifth volume of the 

 second Edition of the Hortus Kewensis, which was published 

 in 1813, the varieties of superflua, there named, axe purpurea, 

 Marina, and nana, the latter being taken from a double va- 

 riety, figured in Andrews's Botanical Repository, but which 

 is certainly not particularly entitled to be considered as a 

 dwarf plant. No varieties of frustranea are given in the 

 Hortus Kewensis. 



The plants of the superflua, or purple species, raised from 

 seeds, vary extremely in the form of the leaves, and the ap- 

 pearance of the stems ; but as these differences do not at all 

 affect their beauty in the eye of the cultivator, nor are worthy 

 his attention, it will be unnecessary to notice them further, 

 than to observe that it was a variation in this point, which 

 caused the separation of this species into two, by the early 

 writers on the genus. The plants vary also very much in 

 stature ; some grow to, and even exceed, eight feet in height, 

 whilst others scarcely reach four feet. I have observed that 

 the tall ones are frequently less productive of flowers, as 

 well as later in flowering, and are of much more rambling 

 habits than the dwarf ones, which are therefore to be pre- 

 ferred. Considerable differences are also found in the shape 

 of the tubers of the roots. 



The varieties of the superflua, with single and semidouble 



