Our drawing of this plant was taken at the Nursery
of Mr. Lee, at Hammersmith, the only collection in
which we have met with it ; and we were at one time
afraid that it had disappeared altogether from our collections,
as when we have enquired for it, we have always
been shown C. albidus, or C. villosus, the species that are
generally sold for it at the Nurseries; we also possess
a drawing of the plant that is figured by Clusius, which
has been considered a narrow-leaved variety of the present
; but on comparing the two plants when flowering
together, in a living state, we find sufficient characters
to distinguish them as distinct species, we have therefore
named that C. canescens, which will be published
in our next number. C. incanus, of the Flora Graeca, is
certainly not our plant, but from the figure we believe
it to be C. cymosus of Decandolle.
The present plant will endure our mildest Winters
in the open air, but it will require covering in severe
frosty weather; it is also best to preserve some plants
of it in pots, that they may be protected in frames or in
the Greenhouse in Winter; a light sandy soil suits it
best, and young cuttings, planted under hand-glasses in
August or September, will soon strike root, so that they
are not planted too close together, or they will be very
likely to damp.