tion will stand the severity of our Winters without protection
; it varies considerably in the size of its leaves,
and also in their being more or less curled, but it is
readily recognized by the short stalks of the flowers ;
the petals are also of a different sort of red from any other
species, so that it makes a very pleasing variety; it also
makes a snug growing bushy plant, and its flowers are
produced in succession from June to August, and are
sometimes succeeded by ripe seeds. It succeeds well in
the common garden soil; or if grown in pots or on rock-
work, a mixture of sandy loam and peat will suit it very
well. Cuttings of it, planted under hand-glasses in Autumn,
will strike root readily, but they will not strike
so freely in Summer ; the young shoots must be taken
for cuttings, and must not be planted too close together,
or they will be apt to damp one another off ; plants may
also be raised from seeds, which may either be sown as
soon as gathered, or left till Spring; they will succeed
equally well, if transplanted thinly into pots when of a
small size, that they may not miss their removal.
Our drawing was made from plants at the Nursery
of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, at Fulham,
last Summer.