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IPOMOPSIS ELEGANS. 
There is scarcely any plant appears more beautiful or graceful when flowering- 
in the green-house, or conservatory, than this does. For this purpose we would 
recommend them to be grown in a cool, airy frame ; they do not like to be often 
disturbed at the roots, so when the plants have become pretty strong, place them 
at once in the pots intended for flowering. The sized pots for this purpose are about 
ten inches wide at top, and twelve inches deep ; fill these with a free loamy soil, 
and allow each plant to stand high in the centre of the pot, as recommended for the 
Schizanthus, page 6. With this treatment they will produce seeds, by which they 
are increased. 
The present subject grew and flowered on a south border of sandy loam, but it 
suddenly disappeared, without our being able to trace the reason. Our figure differs 
materially from Mr. Lindley’s, in the colour of its flowers and narrower segments, 
and from Mr. Don’s, in its drooping head, less brilliancy of colour and size of the 
leaf ; we regret however that any proximity appears in the form of the panicles of 
flowers, which we wish at all times to scrupulously avoid. 
The genera Ipomopsis and Gilia bear a very close affinity with each other, 
particularly in the present subject and the G. coronopifolia ; but the former is 
covered with more downiness than the latter, and in the latter the segments of the 
corolla are somewhat narrower. There are, however, some doubts entertained relative 
to the propriety of separating it from Gilia , and therefore Mr. D. Don has given it 
the name of Gilia aggregata, in Sweet’s British Flower Garden, t. 218, N. S. 
The generic name is derived from Ipo , to strike forcibly, and opsis, sight, 
alluding to the dazzling appearance of the flowers ; and the specific name elegans , 
from the elegant and graceful manner of its growth. 
The annual species of Gilia may be sown in the open border, and require the 
common care of other hardy annuals ; and the biennial species should be raised on 
a hot-bed or in the stove, and when potted off, they should be kept amongst the 
green-house plants. 
All green-house biennials may receive the same treatment as tender annuals, 
and although they generally terminate their lives at the end of the second year 
when allowed to flower and seed, yet most, if not all of them, will live for three or 
even four years if the flowers be nipped off as soon as they appear, and the plants 
be preserved from injury. 
