This very beautiful and singular plant is of hybrid ori¬ 
gin, having been raised in 1823 in the fine collection of 
Robert Henry Jenkinson, Esq. from a seed of P .fulgi- 
dum , which, from all appearance and the great length of 
its petals, must have been fertilized by the pollen of Di- 
macria astragalifolia , or some nearly related plant; it is 
altogether a very different plant from any other that we 
have seen, which makes it a great acquisition; and like the 
rest of the section to which it is related, it will grow freely, 
and produce an abundance of flowers all the Summer, if 
properly treated: like the other tuberous-rooted sorts, it 
succeeds well in a mixture of light turfy loam, peat, and 
sand, or any other light soil, requiring very little water in 
Winter; the pots must also be well drained, that the wet 
may pass off readily; and when the plants begin to grow 
freely, which generally takes place about Christmas, they 
will then require to be shifted into other pots, and all the 
loose mould to be taken from their roots, as the more fresh 
soil they have to grow in, the better they will thrive: the 
best method of increasing it is by the little tubers of its 
roots, planted with their tops above the surface of the 
mould, that they may not rot; those require no water till 
the wound becomes dry; they may then be watered regu¬ 
larly, and they will soon be nice young plants. 
