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CULTURE OF THE GENUS FRANCOA. 
This is a new genus, named after M. Franco, a botanist in Valencia, in the 
sixteenth century. Three species only are yet known, the appendiculata, sonchi- 
folia , fig. 2., and ramosa. The flowers of the two first are of a light purple colour, 
marked with a dark velvet ; those of the ramosa are nearly white. They are all 
natives of Chile, from whence they have been very lately introduced. 
They may be readily cultivated in the open borders, being perfectly hardy. The 
soil in which they thrive is a rich light loam, or a mixture of loam and peat. They 
are propagated by division of the roots, and by seeds. 
Divide the roots in March, and plant the divided parts, either in pots or in the 
open borders ; and treat them the same as other herbaceous plants. 
Sow the seeds about the end of February or beginning of March, in pans or pots, 
or on a slight hot bed. Allow the pots or pans to stand on a little heat till the 
plants are up. When they are large enough to be transplanted, either do it in 
small pots or on a bed of light soil, in a warm and sheltered situation, where they 
can be covered with a hand-glass. When sufficiently grown remove them to their 
proper situations in the borders, and treat them as the old plants. 
CULTURE OF THE GENUS SCUTELLARIA. 
All the species of this genus are herbaceous plants, and the greater part of them 
are hardy ; only the Havanensis requires the stove, and the humilis and the decum - 
bens the green-house. The prevailing colour of the flowers is blue, and in some of 
the species (as the S. macranlha, fig. 3, and several others) this colour is so brilliant 
as to render theplants very desirable in a collection. 
All the hardy kinds are grown with little trouble in any light sandy loam ; the 
green-house species will thrive in the open air during summer, but require the 
shelter of either a frame or green-house in winter. The stove species needs nothing 
further than the common care of other stove herbaceous plants. 
They are all readily increased by division of the roots, and a few of them by 
seeds, which should be sown early in spring in pots, or on a warm border, and be 
covered with a hand-glass until the young plants are sufficiently strong to bear the 
weather. 
