PARDANTHUS CHINENSIS. 
CHINESE PARDANTHUS. 
Class. Order. 
TP.IANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
IRIDEAL. 
Native of 
Height. Flowers in 
Duration. 
Cultivated 
China. 
18 inches, j July, Aug. 
Perennial. 
in 1759. 
No. 481. 
The word, Pardanthus, is derived from the Greek 
pardos, a leopard, and anthos, a flower, indicative 
of its spotted appearance. 
It must, sometimes, be matter of surprise to all 
persons who cultivate flowers, and this, now a days, 
means every body; that many long-known and 
even splendid plants, although not lost to the coun- 
try, are almost wholly neglected. The Pardanthus 
Chinensis may be mentioned as an instance. The 
care which it demands cannot be advanced as a 
“because.” Perhaps it is not admitted to the mind’s 
presence-chamber, as Locke would say, having been 
known forty years ago. Our plants, as our costume, 
must not savour of antiquity ! Be this as it may, 
the Pardanthus is highly beautiful ; and unlike the 
majority of its order, continues long in gaiety. 
If it be planted in a light and dry soil, having a 
dry subsoil, it will succeed perfectly; but if, of ne- 
cessity, it must be grown in a situation that is moist, 
or the soil retentive, the roots should be taken up in 
autumn, potted, and protected in a cold frame, till 
April. It may be increased freely by division; and 
occasionally, it produces seed. 
121 Bot. Mag. 171. 
