VESICA'RIA GRANDIFLO'RA. 
LARGE-FLOWERED VESICARIA. 
Class. Order. 
TETRADYNAMIA. SILICULOSA. 
Natural Order. 
cruciacea; 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Texas. 
1| feet. 
September. 
Annual. 
in 1835. 
No. 660. 
The name, Vesicaria, is deduced from the word 
VESICA, a blister, or bladder. It was originally 
adopted in allusion to its bladder-like pods. 
Amongst the tetradynamous class of annual 
plants, notwithstanding they are numerous, and 
many exotic species have been introduced to this 
country at different times, there are very few which 
are really deserving of cultivation in the flower 
garden; the Vesicaria grandiflora may, however, 
be quoted as an exception, the size and profusion 
of its flowers rendering it remarkably showy ; they 
have the recommendation too of being long-lived, 
and appearing in succession for two or three months. 
Seeds of this plant were collected by Drummond, 
in Texas, and sent by him to this country in 1835. 
It does not appear to ripen a quantity of seed at all 
proportionate to its produce of flowers. This cir- 
cumstance may occasion it to continue somewhat 
rare in our gardens, and consequently the more an 
object of desire. 
It should be sown in March, and forwarded with 
a little artificial heat. The young plants may be 
transferred to the open ground in May. 
