Style hairy at the base, bright purple. Stigmas 5, dark
purple, reflexed at the points.
This very handsome plant is also a hybrid production,
and was raised by Mr. Samuel Andrews, gardener
to the Earl of Darnley, at his Lordship’s garden at
Sandgate, K ent; the seed was procured from P, san-
guineum, that had been fertilized by nescens, the pollen of P . ig- and the plant is as near as possible intermediate
between the two; it is a singular circumstance, that
P. sanguineum will seed, when fertilized by the pollen of
the species belonging to any of the tribes, so that there
may be more variety obtained through it than almost
any other, excepting perhaps ¥ .fulgidum, which is also
very fertile in the same respect; and our gardens are
indebted to those two species for nearly the whole of
the splendid red varieties now so much in cultivation in
the different collections, and all of which have been
raised within a few years ; the first being P. ignescens,
which was raised by Sir R. C. Hoare from a seed of
P .fulgidum; and by the different crosses that have
since been made, the brilliant colours of P. fulgidum
and P. sanguineum have been got into some of the largest
flowering and strongest growing sorts, as well as
into the dwarf tuberous-rooted ones; and there is
scarcely a section or subsection of the whole tribe, to
which one or other of the above plants may not be traced
in a more or less degree, as scarlet and crimson are
the two favourite colours.
The present plant is as near as possible intermediate
between its two parents; the habit of the plant, and
its foliage, is principally that of P .ignescens, but the
long peduncles to the flowers, and the great number in
the umbel, is that of P. sanguineum, the colour is between
the two; it is certainly a very handsome and desirable
plant, but is rather more tender than some others,
and is very apt to suffer from too much moisture in
Winter ; the pots must therefore be well drained with
potsherds: a mixture of light turfy loam, peat, and sand,
is a very proper soil for it; and cuttings, planted in pots
in the same sort of soil, and placed on a shelf in the
Greenhouse, will soon strike root.