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gardens. In 1837, Dr. Lindley, when describing a new species, Eschscholtzia compacta , in the Botanical 
Register , inserted a note from a botanical friend, in which it was proposed to change the name of the genus to 
Chryseis , under the supposition that the name of Esclischoltz was the same as that of Elsholtz, after whom another 
plant had been named. As however it has since been proved by M. Otto, of Berlin, that the names are quite 
distinct, that of Eschscholtzia will, w r e suppose, be retained. (See Allgemeine Garten Zeitung, vol. v. p. 221.) 
In its native country this plant grows on the sandy banks of running streams, and this may give a hint for 
its culture. It will, however, grow in any soil, and may either be treated as a hardy or as a tender annual, the 
advantage of the latter mode being that it will come into flower much sooner, and consequently its season 
of flowering will be prolonged. Seeds are abundant in all the seed-shops. The specimens that our figures of this, 
and the following species, were drawn from, were from His Grace the Duke of Bedford’s villa at Camden Hill. 
2.—ESCHSCHOLTZIA CROCEA, Bentli. THE SAFFRON-COLOURED ESCHSCHOLTZIA. 
Engravings. —Dot. Reg. t. 1677 ; Swt. Brit. Flow. Gard. 2d. Ser. 
t. 299 ; and our fig. 2 in Plate 6. 
Synonyme. —Chryseis croeea.— Lindl. 
Specific Character. —Stem branching and leafy. Segments of the 
leaves linear; peduncle with a funnel-shaped appendage ; limb much 
dilated. Calyx long and acuminated.—(G. Don .) 
Description, &c.—In general habit and appearance this species strongly resembles the last; but the colour 
of the flower, instead of being yellow, is orange. It is quite hardy, and a most abundant flowercr. It was 
introduced in 1833 by Douglas, and it seeds so abundantly that it is now common everywhere. There is a 
double variety, which is very beautiful, and which was shown at one of the London Horticultural Society’s 
Exhibitions, in 1837. The principal difference between this species and E. Cali/ornica, consists in an enlargement 
of the fleshy disk below the flower, which remains on after the petals have dropped ; and in the calyx being 
longer and more pointed. The fleshy disk shown to the seed-pod of E. Cali/ornica, in plate 6, is much too 
small; and that of E. Croeea is nearly four times as large. 
3.—ESCHSCHOLTZIA COMPACTA. THE DWARF ESCHSCHOLTZIA. 
Engraving. —Bot. Reg. t. 1948. 
Synonyme. —Chryseis compacta.— Lindl. 
Specific Character. —Stem dwarf, densely branched. Segments 
of the leaves linear, wedge shaped, tridentate at the apex. Cup of 
the peduncle funnel-shaped, with its large limb nearly flat.— {Lindl.) 
Description, &c. — This plant only differs from Eschscholtzia Cali/ornica in its much more dwarf and com¬ 
pact habits, in the segments of its leaves being very slightly toothed instead of deeply lobed, and in its flowers 
being much smaller. The seeds of this species were sent home by Douglas in 1835. Dr. Lindley suggests, that 
the three kinds of Eschscholtzia may be only varieties of one species, as the differences are very slight between 
them. All of them thrive best when the seed is sown in March in pots placed in a hotbed. When the young plants 
are removed to the open border, they should be taken out of their pots and planted, without breaking the cake 
of earth round their roots. They will not bear any after transplanting, as the root is “ very fleshy and brittle, 
and bleeds copiously when broken.”—(See Bot. Reg. t. 1158.) Eschscholtzia compacta flowered first in 1835 in 
the Horticultural Society’s Garden at Turnham Green ; but it is now in several nurseries, and in the autumn of 
1838 was in great abundance in the nursery of Mr. Rogers, in Eaton Square, Pimlico. 
