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Jeffreyi (Flore des Serres, t. 1662), of tlie Rocky Mountains, and which 
appears to have been imported thence to the G-lasnevin garden. It is more 
vigorous than D. Meadia, throwing up abundance of erect lanceolate sub- 
spathulate entire leaves a foot or more in length, and a profusion of large 
umbels of showy rosy-purple flowers, which are paler towards the orifice, 
where they are marked with a yellow ring in contact with the rich chocolate 
purple point. This, as M. Van Houtte remarks, is the giant of the genus. 
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JECHMEAS : HOW TO FLOWER THEM FREELY. 
The subjects of the present remarks are exotics, equal if not superior 
in merit to the Kalosanthes, which I have previously noticed. They are 
thoroughly distinct—even tropical in their aspect; they are also easy of 
culture, endure long in bloom, and are capable of withstanding a very large 
amount of harsh, ungenial treatment. 
The iEchmeas are stove herbaceous perennials of comparatively recent 
introduction ; but from the ready manner in which they may be propagated, 
and the desire of all who see them in bloom to become possessed of them, 
they have become very extensively distributed. ' No great amount of success, 
however, would seem to have followed this general desire to become pos¬ 
sessors of them, as to see them growing and flowering well is the exception 
rather than the rule. This is too generally attributed to a deficiency of 
heat, than which no greater mistake can be made. 
To do them justice they must have, when freely growing, an atmosphere 
