bent backwards. Flower 6-parted, of a beautiful sky-
blue, 3 outer segments calyx-like, persistent; 3 inner
ones petal-like, unguiculate, deciduous. Stamens 6.
Anthers, 3 perfect, and 3 barren ; fertile ones incumbent,
oblong, 2-celled ; sterile ones of a different shape,
divided into 4 parts, yellow. Style smooth, longer
than the stamens. Stigma slightly 3-lobed.
This ornamental plant has been sometimes confused
with C. tuberosa, from which it differs in several
respects, this having smooth leaves and hairy peduncles,
whereas C. tuberosa has hairy leaves and smooth
peduncles ; we are not certain whether C. tuberosa will
prove to be so hardy as our present plant; we hope
to ascertain that the present season. Plants raised
from seeds early in Spring, if brought forward with a
little artificial heat, and then planted in the open
ground, will flower in Autumn ; as soon as their tops
begin to die away, the roots must be taken up, and
kept in a little dry earth or sand, out of the reach of
frost, till the following Spring, in the same manner
as Dahlias, or other tuberous roots. The latter part
of April, or the beginning of May, according as the
season suits, they must be planted in the ground; or
they might be brought forward earlier in a hot-house,
or green-house, or hot-bed frame, and from thence be
planted into the flower borders, where they will continue
to bloom for a considerable time, and ripen their
seeds ; the common garden soil will suit them very
well, the lighter and more sandy the better.
Our drawing was taken in September last, at the
Nursery of Mr. Colvill, King’s Road, Chelsea.
tuberous roots, natural size. 2. Germen. 3. Style and
3-lobe.d stigma. 4. Three fertile stamens. 5. Three barren ditto, divided into
4 lobes, all slightly magnified.