Our drawing of this plant was made at the Nursery
of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, at Fulham. It
makes a pretty plant for the adorning of rock-work,
producing its fine double flowers, the greater part of the
Summer. It may also be grown in small pots, in a
mixture of sandy loam and peat; the plants can then
be protected by mats, or placed in frames in severe
frost. A collection of the different species and varieties
of this handsome genus, grown in pots, and placed together,
in a clump, make a splendid appearance, when
in flower, in the Snminer ; we scarcely know any tribe
of plants that make so gay a show when in bloom; and
though the flowers continue but a short time, still the
succession that follows, makes that of little or no consequence.
The present plant is readily increased, by
planting young cuttings under hand-glasses, in August,
but the glasses must be removed from them as soon as
rooted, or they will be liable to damp.
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