where it was raised from seed that had been received 
from Dr. Fischer of Moscow, under the name that we 
have adopted. We believe that the plant described in 
Link's Enumeratio also belongs to the same species. 
It is a handsome hardy perennial plant, and flowers 
nearly all the summer and till late in autumn ; but it 
requires a good deal of room, as its branches spread 
round in all directions. The colour of the flowers is 
very brilliant, and one to which no colouring of the 
artist can do justice. We suppose it to be a native of 
Siberia ; but its natural abode is not stated by Link. It 
thrives well in the open flower-border in the common 
garden soil, and may be increased by cuttings planted 
early in summer either in pots or under hand-glasses : 
it also produces seeds, by which any number may be 
raised. 
