Several plants of this handsome mule were raised
last year from seeds at the Nursery of Messrs. Colvill;
and others were also raised in the collection of Robert
H. Jenkinson, Esq. None of them varied in the least
from each other. They were the produce of the common
P. capitatum that had been mixed with the pollen
of P. ignescens. The flower of the larger variety, given
at the bottom of the plate, was raised by Mr. Jenkinson
from the seed of a larger flowered variety of P.
capitatum also impregnated by P. ignescens. They are
both very handsome and abundant flowering plants,
and are. well adapted for training to a trellis, as their
shoots grow to a great length if allowed. They are
very abundant bloomers, and continue to flower till
late in autumn : they are also as hardy as any of their
near relatives, suffering more from too much wet than
from any thing besides. A mixture of turfy loam,
peat, and sand, suits them very well; and cuttings
strike freely if placed in a sheltered situation.
