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did not thrive well in that situation and soil. This might have been 
partly occasioned by the wetness of the season, but we apprehend 
not altogether, as Mr. Lindley states, in the Botanical Register, folio 
1281, that “ the plant will not live in either peat or light soil.” 
The best method we know of, is to plant them in a cold, damp 
soil, under either an eastern or western wall, where they will at least 
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be shaded more than half the day. 
There is scarcely any plant appears more beautiful or graceful 
when flowering in the greenhouse, or conservatory, than this does. 
For this purpose, we would recommend them to be grown in a cool 
airy frame ; they do not like to be often disturbed at the roots, so 
when the plants have become pretty strong, place them at once in 
the pots intended for flowering. The sized pots for this purpose are 
about ten inches wide at top, and twelve inches deep. Fill these 
with a free loamy soil, and allow each plant to stand high in the 
centre of the pot, as recommended by Mr. Mc.Nab, Vol. 1, p. 456. 
With this treatment they will produce seeds, by which they are 
increased. 1 
The genera Ipomopsis and Gilia bear a very close affinity with 
each other, particularly in the present subject, and the G. coronopi- 
folia; but the former is covered with more downiness than the latter, 
and in the latter the segments of the corolla are somewhat narrower. 
There are, however, some doubts entertained relative to the propriety 
of separating it from Gilia, and therefore M. D. Don has given it 
the name of Gilia aggregata, in Sweet’s British Flower Garden, t. 
218, N. S. The generic name is derived from Jpo, to strike forcibly, 
and opsis, sight, alluding to the dazzling appearance of the flowers; 
and the specific name elegans, from the elegant and graceful manner 
of its growth. 
The annual species of Gilia may be sown in the open border, and 
require the common care of other hardy annuals; and the biennial 
species should be raised on a hotbed or in the stove, and when potted 
off, they should be kept amongst the greenhouse plants. 
ARTICLE XVI.—CULTURE OF MIMULUS ROSEUS. 
This is a very beautiful species; indeed with the exception of the 
two varieties of rivularis, viz : Smithii and Youngii, it may be stated 
as the handsomest mimulus cultivated. Mr. Douglas sent seeds of 
it, in 1831, from North California, to the Horticultural Society of 
London, in whose garden it flowered the following summer, and was 
