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NUTTALLIA GRANDIFLORA. 
here represented. The subject of our present drawing is one of those charming 
productions with which the prolific soil of the New World is constantly rewarding 
the zeal and intrepidity of European and American botanists, and we are not 
aware of its ever having been previously figured in any other work. Its large, 
rich-coloured flowers, to which a great degree of elegance and neatness is imparted 
by their margins being so delicately fimbriated, make an excellent display in the 
flower-border during the summer months ; and, besides being very abundant, they 
are produced in constant succession for a great length of time. 
It appears to thrive best in a somewhat sheltered situation, though we believe 
it to be quite hardy. Any open, loamy soil will be found suitable, and, under 
favourable circumstances, it will sometimes attain the height of three or four feet, 
all its branches being most profusely studded with flowers. In such a state, it is 
not easy to conceive of a more enchanting object, and few herbaceous plants out- 
rival it in beauty. It should be observed, that it has a very ornamental appearance 
when kept in a pot, and treated as a greenhouse plant ; and though shelter from 
cold is useful, it delights in a full exposure to solar light. 
Seeds of it ripen freely and abundantly, and, if sown as soon as ripe in shallow 
pans, potting the young plants when they have perfected their seed-leaves, and 
keeping them through the winter in a frame, they will be ready for planting out 
in the spring, and will most probably flower in the ensuing summer or autumn. 
It may also be increased from cuttings of the young shoots, taking care to avoid 
those which evince any disposition to flower. 
The nursery of Mr. Young, Epsom, supplied the sample of the present drawing, 
of whom, and of most London imrserymen, it may be obtained. 
The generic name was given in honour of Mr. Nuttall, a worthy and perse- 
vering American botanist and traveller, and professor of mineralogy in the 
University of Cambridge in New England, North America ; to whom we are 
indebted for our knowledge of a portion of the American Flora. 
The specific name refers to the large size of the flowers, compared with those of 
other species, and we believe this plant is sometimes called N, dir/itata. 
