ALONSO'A INCISIFO'LIA. 
CUT-LEAVED ALONSOA. 
Class. 
DIDYNAMIA. 
Order. 
ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Natural Order. 
scrofhulariacea:. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Chile. 
2 feet.. 
May to Oct. 
Perennial. 
in 1795. 
No. 1117. 
Alonsoa is a name adopted by the Spanish bota- 
nists, Ruiz and Pavon, in honour of one of their 
countrymen named Alonso. This plant was long 
known as Celsia urticsefolia, having been published 
as such by Curtis. 
This was formerly esteemed one amongst the 
most valuable of greenhouse plants, and deservedly 
so, till it took its place in the borders, and thereby 
lost “caste.” Although a perennial plant, it proves 
to be the most valuable when cultivated as an 
annual, either for the mingled parterre, or for en- 
tire compartments; where, in a mass, its brilliant 
vermillion colour produces a striking effect. 
If it be desired to have the Alonsoa incisifolia to 
flower early, seeds require to be sown on a hotbed, 
in the latter part of February ; and when the young 
plants are an inch high, they should be potted, 
singly, in small pots, and have protection till the 
latter end of April ; when they should, gradually, 
be inured to exposure, previously to being planted 
in the open ground. For later- flowering plants, 
seeds may be sown in the borders, in March ; and 
autumn sowings will sometimes succeed. 
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