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however, it will be quite necessary to observe a degree of caution, for too high a 
temperature produces weak and drawn-out flower-stalks, which are unable to 
support the cluster of flowers in an upright position ; and it has also a tendency to 
detract from the merit of the blossoms, in causing them to be fainter in colour. 
To the flower-garden it will likewise be an acquisition of some importance, if 
planted closely in beds. We have not learned that its hardihood in enduring the 
severity of our winter without protection has yet been sufficiently tested, but it is 
not unlikely that it may eventually be found to need little or no shelter. 
Respecting its native country, we have been unable to gather any information. 
Messrs. RoUisson, of Tooting, received plants of it from the Jardin des Plantes^ 
in Paris, in the summer of 1841 ; but these were unaccompanied with any memo- 
randa. Probably, with several other members of the genus, it is a native of the 
South of Europe. 
Our drawing was made last spring in the nursery of Messrs. Henderson, 
of Pine- Apple Place. A wood-cut representation is also subjoined. 
