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are distinguished as comparatively tender, it must be under¬ 
stood that in favourable situations, on soils not retentive of 
moisture, the whole of them will bear perfect exposure with 
impunity. 
The generic term Delphinium is derived from the Greek 
delphin , a dolphin, from a fancied likeness of the nectary to the 
imaginary figures of those fishes. 
The third figure of our plate, Salvia capensis grandiflora , is 
also a seedling variety, derived from S. capensis, a species that 
has hitherto eluded enumeration in the catalogues. The supe¬ 
riority of the variety consists in its longer and more densely 
filled spikes of flowers. It is a dwarf herbaceous plant, most 
profuse in its blooming, and well calculated for bedding, or to 
be planted singly among rock-work, where, from the number 
and lively pleasing colour of its flowers, it forms a most attrac¬ 
tive object. It is, moreover, likely to be found quite hardy in 
tolerably good stations that have efficient drainage, or, at most, 
will not require more than to be included with plants usually 
preserved in a cold pit. 
Since the introduction of S. patens in 1838, very little has 
been heard of this extensive and extremely beautiful genus. 
We are much surprised that experimental cultivators do not 
take it into their notice, and the more so when the long list of 
species it presents, and their many colours and characters, are 
taken into consideration. Surely from among upwards of a 
hundred different kinds something may be obtained that will 
repay the search, and it must be remembered they are all of 
easy culture, and not difficult to obtain. However, with this 
hint we leave the subject for the present, and conclude by 
again recommending each of the plants figured as being certain 
to please the most fastidious. — Ed. 
