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covered with a sheet of snowy white flowers a great part of
the Summer ; it is also a very desirable plant to grow in
small pots, which it will soon cover with its small green
shoots, that soon are terminated by flowers, which make a
neat and delicate appearance ; no little plant can therefore
be more desirable for cultivation ; if grown in pots, a mixture
of light turfy loam, peat, and sand, is the best soil for
it, or if planted in the borders or rock-work, the more sandy
the soil is the better it will thrive, and survive through the
Winter, for should the ground be very moist or heavy, it
will be very liable to rot at that season ; slugs are also very
fond of it, so that it should be well looked to, that they may
not eat oif the flowering shoots or buds : it is readily increased
by dividing at the root, or by seeds.
Our drawing was taken from a plant at the Nursery of
Mr. Colvill ; we also received it of Mr. W. Anderson, from
the Chelsea Botanic Garden.
According to Linnæus, the generic name is derived from
(TifXi^o), frothy or scummy, from many of the species being
covered with a viscous substance : some others derive it from
the poetical god Silenus, the foster father and pedagogue of
Bacchus.
1, Calyx. 2. The 5 Petals, with a Stamen inserted in the base of each. 3. The other
5 Stamens inserted in the receptacle. 4. Ovarium terminated by the three Styles, bent
at the points.
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