This beautiful and very distinct plant is a hybrid 
production, having been raised at the Nursery of Mr. 
Colvill from a seed of P. fulgidum, the flower of which 
had been fertilized by the pollen of P. soepeflorens : the 
habit of the plant and hard bark, and its subpersistent 
stipules, are the same as in the latter, also the form of 
the flowers, but the colour is that of the former ; the 
leaves are nearly intermediate, but partake more of 
V. soepeflorens than they do of V. fulgidum: being so 
very different from all others, it is a valuable ac- 
quisition, and its flowering in autumn, after many of 
the other sorts are over, makes it still more desirable : 
it began to flower the latter part of July, and continues 
to bloom now, the middle of August, and will pro- 
bably blossom nearly all the winter. 
Our drawing was taken at the Nursery of Mr. Col- 
vill, in July, where it is grown in an equal mixture of 
turfy loam, peat, and sand ; and, being of a succulent 
habit, it requires but little water. Cuttings root pretty 
freely, if taken off" before the wood gets too ripe ; these 
must be planted in pots, in the same kind of soil, and 
placed in the greenhouse. It may also be increased 
by the tubers of the root. 
