40 On the Cultivation of Monopsis Conspicua. 



made it now, in 1812, very abundant, I have only to hope, 

 that those who are fond of flowers will be at the trouble of 

 collecting its seeds ; and I have particularly to thank, in this 

 business, our worthy member Mr. Joseph Knight, who is 

 so kind as to second all my horticultural efforts, with peculiar 

 zeal. The soil it delights in is pure heath sand mixed with 

 gravel. 



I recommend three crops to be sown every year. The 

 first at the end of September : these plants being kept very 

 dry, will stand the winter in any dry frame or airy shelf, 

 exposed to the full south ; should be transplanted in Fe- 

 bruary, and will flower from April to the end of July. The 

 second in February, which, treated like the former, will begin 

 to flower towards the end of June, and continue loaded with 

 blossoms till October; and from this crop the principal 

 supply of seeds must be expected. The third crop should be 

 sown early in June, shading the pots with brown paper after 

 four o'clock^, m. till eight the next morning. My reason 

 for this is, that I believe most seeds that are not short-lived 

 annuals, vegetate best when they have an equal portion of 

 light and darkness, as at the equinoxes. This third crop will 

 produce flowers from September till the end of December, 

 especially if removed to a stove, or very warm room. 



Monopsis Inconspicua. MSS. Lobelia Erinoides. Linn. 

 Sp. PL ed, 1. p. 932. Campanula Africana annua angustifolia 

 flora purpurascente minor. CommeL Hort. Amst. v. 2. p. 75. 

 t. 3&.jigur& ad sinistram. Campanula minor Africana, Erini 

 facie, flore violaceo, cauliculis erectis. Herm. Hoi*t. Lugd. 

 p. 110. cum Ic. 



This species differs from the former, just as the little small 



