CLAYTO'NIA GRANDIFLO'RA. 
LARGE-FLOWERED CLAY TON I A. 
Class. 
pentandria. 
Natural Order. 
PORTULACEiE. 
Order 
MONOGYNf A. 
Native of 
N, America 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Cultivated 
6 inches. 
June. 
Perennial. 
in 1826. 
No. 1170. 
Dr. Clayton, who travelled in various parts of 
North America, especially in Virginia, made an 
extensive collection of plants, which were published 
in 1/20. The present genus commemorates his 
name as a benefactor to botanical science. 
For the opportunity of publishing the Claytonia 
grandiflora, we are indebted to the Messrs. Pope, 
of Hands worth, who esteem it as a finer plant than 
any which they have cultivated of the same genus. 
It is exceedingly pretty for pot culture, with alpines, 
but it is not indispensable that it should be so 
treated. In a bed of sandy peat, this and other 
Claytonias may be grown with success ; but in wet 
adhesive earth, their tuberous roots are liable to 
decay. The advantages, in floriculture, of a friable 
and open soil, are not duly appreciated by the ma- 
jority of cultivators; it should, however, be known, 
and remembered, that on this depends, very much 
of the success of the most experienced and best gar- 
deners. 
If well grown this plant will ripen seeds, from 
which, if sown as soon as ripe, abundance of 
increase may be obtained. 
