a handsome plant for the flower garden, as it scarcely at¬ 
tains the height of a foot, and not above from 4 to 6 
inches in soil that is not manured; it is therefore a proper 
plant for ornamenting rock-work; if a moist season, or 
well supplied with water when otherwise, it will continue 
to flower nearly &11 the Summer, as was the case with the 
present plant, the figure being taken from one grown in 
our garden: the flowers vary considerably in size and in the 
spreading of their petals, ^according to the situation in 
which they are grown; but we know no other species with 
which it can be confused. It succeeds well in the open 
border of the flower-garden, in the common garden soil, 
and may be sparingly increased by dividing at the root, or 
by seeds which are sometimes produced. 
