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surrounded at the base by a cup-shaped, entire disk. Stigma
lai'ge, orbicular, peltate, copiously papillose, nearly sessile.
Our drawing of this very beautiful variety of Daphne was
taken from a plant that flowered in the collection of Mr.
George Smith, Nurseryman, at Islington, in the latter end
of November. The plant had been imported about 4 years
ago from China. It appears to be of a hardy constitution,
having been exposed for some time to a considerable degree
of frost without apparently suffering in the least respect.
Mr. Smith finds it to delight in a soil composed of peat,
leaf-mould, and sand, and that it is readily increased by
cuttings. He considers it a most desirable jilant for the
greenhouse or conservatory, as, if growing vigorously, it
will continue to blossom during the greater part of the year.
The flowers are produced in heads at the extremity of a lmost
every shoot; they are of a dark red in the bud state, becoming
paler and glossy after expansion, and they are then
highly fragrant.
The name Daphne was applied by the Greeks to the L a u ras
nohilis, and has been given to the present genus on account
of the resemblance of some of the species in their
leaves to the laurel. D . Don,
1. Tube of the periantbium laid open to shew the insertion of the stamens.
2. Pistil,
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