where it was raised from seed that had been received
from Dr. Fischer of Moscow, under the name that we
have adopted. We believe that the plant described in
Link’s Enumeratio also belongs to the same species.
It is a handsome hardy perennial plant, and flowers
nearly all the summer and till late in autumn; but it
requires a good deal of room, as its branches spread
round in all directions. The colour of the flowers is
very brilliant, and one to which no colouring of the
artist can do justice. We suppose it to be a native of
Siberia; hut its natural abode is not stated by Link. It
thrives well in the open flower-border in the common
garden soil, and may be increased by cuttings planted
early in summer either in pots or under hand-glasses :
it also produces seeds, by which any number may he
raised.
