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Jasione montana of our commons and other uncultivated tracts ; but its foliage is 
superior, its heads of flowers much larger, their fragrance most agreeable, and their 
tint of that lovely azurean kind which is so unusually met with in purity, and 
which seems such a brilliant reflection of the skies beneath which it is displayed. 
We then thought that our subscribers would be glad to become better acquainted 
with it by a figure, which was accordingly prepared, and is herewith published. 
The species inhabits different parts of Australia, and was imported from New 
Holland. Probably it would form an appropriate summer ornament to a con- 
spicuous compartment in the flower-garden, removing it to a frame or greenhouse 
in the earlier months of the autumn. We have not, however, seen this plan tried ; 
and since the plant makes a particularly valuable feature in a greenhouse, — which, 
owing to the number of species that are turned out into the open air at the season 
when our subject blossoms, is never overstocked with blooming specimens, — we 
should recommend that it be kept constantly in pots, save where a sufiicient quan- 
tity is possessed to allow of a portion being devoted to the purposes of experiment. 
Potted in a light sandy loam, mixed with a small portion of heath-soil and 
white sand, it may be managed very safely in the same way as other greenhouse 
herbaceous perennials ; merely watering it freely in the summer, and administering 
fluid more scantily during winter. 
Propagation is performed by dividing the plant in the spring, at the time of 
potting, into as many pieces as may be desired, or as the size of the specimen will 
admit, placing each in a separate pot, of moderate dimensions, and shifting them 
into a somewhat more spacious one when the first is thoroughly filled with roots. 
