of farina, fallen from the anthers, but a comparison 
shewed them to be evidently brighter. This indu- 
ced the application of a more powerful magnifier. 
The result was gratifying. The inner surface of the 
rich-coloured petals, and the filaments also, were 
now seen to be adorned with prominent glands — 
each a little globe, on a cylindrical pedestal. On 
the sun’s rays being fully reflected on a small por- 
tion of a petal, it instantly became a most dazzling 
object — a ground-work of fine crimson, studded 
with brilliants. The most apathetic must exclaim. 
Wherefore this labour ; wherefore this great splen - 
dor and beauty. 
That these glandular appendages have certain 
uses in the economy of the plant, none dare deny, 
but what they are, all are equally ignorant. 
The Lubinia has creeping roots, which, in a very 
light soil, will spread and spring up at a distance 
of two feet, from the parent plant. This habit is 
sometimes inconvenient, and we have thought that 
it tends to impoverish the flowering stems. In a 
strong soil, this propensity will be greatly checked, 
and its flowers w ill be proportionately finer. Not 
having a convenience of planting it in stifFloam, we 
enclosed its roots in a pot of tolerably rich earth; 
and although it does not grow as tall as when set at 
liberty, its flowering is equally successful. 
Its creeping roots, which yield sufficient increase, 
should be taken up in Autumn, potted, and placed 
in a cold frame, during winter. Such roots as are 
left in the open ground, may be preserved by a 
slight covering of tan, which will protect them from 
the effects of severe frosts. 
Hooker’s Exot. Flora, 180. 
