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LOPHOSPERMUM ERUBESCENS; var. SPECTABILE. 
flowered at the same establishment in 1 840, we were so delighted as to have the 
accompanying figure taken. 
Being only a seedling, and necessarily of a similar nature to L. erubescens , it is 
of course applicable to the same purposes. We are inclined to believe, however, 
that if plants of it were placed in the open ground during summer, the blossoms 
would, by exposure to direct solar agency, be deprived of some of that purity and 
delicacy both of the ground tint and the spots for which they are so conspicuous, 
and consequently suffer in the estimation of the grower. It would be better, 
therefore, we think, to preserve it in the greenhouse, in a pot of loamy soil, and 
train it to a cylindrical trellis, on which its flowers will be more easily displayed 
than if it were fastened to the rafters of the house. 
Propagation can be readily effected by cuttings, which root with the greatest 
facility. It is extremely doubtful if it could be perpetuated by seeds ; and whether 
the seed of L. erubescens would often produce a sort of this kind, we are by no 
means prepared to determine. At any rate, it deserves trial. Young plants 
ought to be reared annually to displace the old ones, which are apt to become bare 
and barren at the bottom. 
Lopkos , a crest, and sperma , a seed, constitute the basis of the generic title, as 
the seed is furnished with a crest-like wing. 
