Bristol Nuisery, who was so kind as to send us line flowering specimens
of it, from one of which our drawing was made in May
last, and it is the first time that we had ever seen it in bloom ;
but having once flowered, the young plants from it will flower
readily, so that it will be a desirable plant for the Conservatory
or Greenhouse, as its flowers are of a dark purple, and produced
in great abundance; the ends of all the young shoots being covered
with them, they are there crowded in dense heads, so that
they have scarcely room to expand, and are of a pleasant aromatic
scent. We examined a great number of flowers, as did also
our Artist, the whole of which proved to be sterile, without the
least sign of an ovarium or style, so that cious, or perhaps polygamous. it appears to be dioeThe
flowers being so much crowded together, they do not
show so well in a figure as could be wished, but we believe there
is not much fear of its being confused with any other. It succeeds
w’ell in a mixture of light sandy loam and peat, and will most
probably survive our Winters in the open air, if planted near a
wall in a southern aspect, and protected with a mat or two in
severe frosty weather. Young cuttings, planted in sand, or sandy
soil, under a bell-glass in Autumn, will root readily, but they must
bdea mpopt toefdf. off soon after they are rooted, or they will be liable to
It is a native of the south coast of New Holland, and was
introduced to the Royal Gardens at Kew, in 1803. The generic
name is derived from /xsXac, black, and Atwoe, white.
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