CLAYTO'NIA SIBI'RICA. 
SIBERIAN CLAYTONIA. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
portulacea:. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Siberia. 
4 inches. 
June, Aug. 
Perennial. 
in 1768. 
No. 344. 
Doctor Thomas Clayton, after whom this genus 
was named, took his degree of M.D. at the Univer- 
sity of Oxford, a little before the close of the seven- 
teenth century. He afterwards went to Virginia, 
and became a correspondent of the London Philo- 
sophical Society. 
The Claytonia Sibirica is not possessed of showy 
character; but, if its pretensions to such be small, its 
demands on our services are proportionately inconsi- 
derable. It grows freely in shady situations, and 
will increase spontaneously by its seeds, particularly 
where they happen to fall amongst thrift or similar 
plants, which form a good winter protection. 
An eastern aspect appears to us particularly well 
suited to this plant; and if the soil be not tolerably 
cool and moist, a protection to its roots, from drought, 
may readily be effected by the addition of stones to 
the border wherein it is planted. Stone borders will, 
we trust, ere long, be duly appreciated. The addi- 
tion of these rocky appendages, which may be form- 
ed almost without expense, equally afford both win- 
ter and summer protection, at the same time as they 
may be made to yield both variety and ornament. 
Hort. Kew. 2, v. 2, 53. 
Class. 
PENTANDRIA. 
