a handsome plant for the flower garden, as it scarcely attains
the height of a foot, and not above from 4 to 6
inches in soil that is not manured ; it is therefore a proper
plant for ornamenting rock-work ; if a moist season, or
well supplied with water when otherwise, it will continue
to flower nearly all the Summer, as was the case with the
present plant, the figure being taken from one grown in
our garden : the flowers vary considerably in size and in the
spreading of their petals, according to the situation in
which they are grown ; but we know no other species with
which it can be confused. It succeeds, well in the open
border of the flower-garden; in the common garden soil,
and may be sparingly increased by dividing at the root, or
by seeds which are sometimes produced.
