ground and throat. On a visit paid to the nursery of Messrs. 
Downie, Laird, and Laing, at Stanstead Park, some time since, 
we saw a large quantity of seedlings of this pretty herbaceous 
plant, and we have no doubt that we have not yet reached the 
perfection which they will attain ; and amongst those to whom 
we look for still further improvement, is the eminent firm to 
whose courtesy we are indebted for the opportunity of figuring 
those in our present plate. 
