This brilliant flowered plant is of hybrid origin, 
and was raised in the superb collection of Robert 
Henry Jenkinson, Esq. from a seed of V.fulgidum, that 
had been fertilized by some other sort, which from its 
habit we should suspect to have been one related to 
P. maculatum ; as the present plant much resembles 
that tribe in its mode of growth ; and from the size of 
its leaves it must have been one of the large-leaved 
sorts. Its flowers are not so large as some others of 
the scarlet flowering sorts ; but their brilliance and 
abundance make good that deficiency. It thrives best 
in a light sandy soil, like those to which it is nearest 
related; and great care must be taken not to over 
water it, as its leaves are very apt to get cankered and 
turn brown, if it chances to obtain too much moisture. 
Cuttings of it strike root freely, if planted in pots and 
placed on a shelf in the greenhouse. 
