REHMAN'NIA CHINEN'SIS. 
CHINESE REHMA.NNIA. 
Class. 
DIDYNAMIA. 
Order. 
ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Natural Order. 
SCROPHULARIACEAE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
China. 
2| feet. 
August. 
Perennial. 
in 1835. 
No. 873. 
With the derivation of the name, Rehmannia, we 
are unacquainted. It was adopted by Liboschutz, 
a Russian botanist, probably after the name of 
some one of his countrymen. 
This plant was received by the London Horti- 
cultural Society, from the Imperial Garden of St. 
Petersburg; and the anticipated pleasure of seeing 
it flower was greatly excited by the report received 
from the continent of its splendour. Expectation, 
however, was somewhat disappointed, and we have 
now an opportunity of explaining the cause. The 
plant from which our drawing was made was grown 
by the Messrs. Pope, of Hands worth Nursery, who 
state, that in a pot, in the greenhouse, it grew weak 
and puny, but in the open border it had become a 
strong and vigorous plant, flowering most abun- 
dantly, and the roots running about, and throwing 
up shoots in a weed-like manner. It had stood 
out during the winter of 1841-2, and in the suc- 
ceeding summer, flourished as we have described. 
At the present time, February, 1843, it continues 
green and healthy. It will be observed that this 
is a production of China, not imported since the 
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