broad and rounded, or sometimes a little hollow at the
points, or obcordate, of a saffron colour, more or less
tinged with a ferruginous tint. Stamens numerous,
unequal in length : filaments smooth, yellow. Germen
Silky. Style about the length of the stamens, nearly
straight, or very little bent at the base, slender at the
base, and thickening upwards. Stigma capitate, papillose.
Our drawing of this handsome variety was taken
from a plant at the Nursery of Mr. J. Mackay, at
Clapton, where it was grown with numerous other
species and varieties, in a border at the front of his
Greenhouses; in our opinion, it is a more beautiful
variety than the copper-coloured one, and is a delightful
plant for ornamenting rock-work, or to be grown
in a dry border, thriving well in a light sandy soil, or
if grown in pots, an equal portion of sandy loam and
peat will suit it well; it is pretty hardy, but it will be
best to give it a slight covering in severe frost. Young
cuttings, planted under hand-glasses in Autumn, strike
root readily.
We have this Winter tried a great many species of
Cistus in various situations in the open ground, and
have found them succeed best, and suffer the least
from frost, in a border with a north-west aspect,
scarcely any of them were inj ured in the least, though
several were of the tenderer sorts, and they had not the
least covering or protection; we attribute this to their
being in a more dormant state, and their wood therefore
more hardened to withstand the frost ^ as those in
a southern aspect, though partially covered, were hurt
much worse, which we account for by their being more
in a growing state.