. Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants. s in July; afterwards retaining their beauty, by repeated expansions,till October. The height to which they grow, (a foot or eighteen inches,) rendersthem unfit for filling very small beds; and it , therefore, necessary to restrictthem to larger cues, when the plan of groujiing is jireferred. In the month ofAugust they may be increased by cuttings, planted in a trifling heat, under aglass; or, as a more certain variation of the ordinary practice, the youngeroffsets can be detached, with roots, and immediately placed in small po
. Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants. s in July; afterwards retaining their beauty, by repeated expansions,till October. The height to which they grow, (a foot or eighteen inches,) rendersthem unfit for filling very small beds; and it , therefore, necessary to restrictthem to larger cues, when the plan of groujiing is jireferred. In the month ofAugust they may be increased by cuttings, planted in a trifling heat, under aglass; or, as a more certain variation of the ordinary practice, the youngeroffsets can be detached, with roots, and immediately placed in small pots forthe winter. There are two varieties of this species in nurseries and gardens. At , of Epsom, whence the present figure was taken, there is the old kind, withdull brick-red coloured flowers; and a superior variety, with brighter-huedblossoms, approaching to scarlet. The last is unquestionably preferable. The genus derives its name from Slaclii/s, a spike, iu reference to the pro-duction of the flowers in what is termed a spike by I/ frf/fft //IV//// ji//tr 103 MIRBELIA FLORIBUNDA. (many-flowered MIRDELIA.)CLASS. OUDER. DECANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. NATURAL OKDKR. LECUMINOS/E. Genkuic Character.—Calyx five-cleft, two-lipped. Legume two-seeded, longitudinally two-celled, fromtlic suture being bent above. Specific Character.—Plant shrubby, evergreen, two feet in beight, or upwards. Stems villous whileyoung. Leaves linear, thick, mncronatc, slightly folded under at the margins, pressed near the numerous, purplisli-lilae, with a yellowish spot in the centre near the base of the standard,surrounded with a darker purple band. The foregoing title has been applied by Dr. Lindley to an exceedinglyattractive species, of which the seeds were received from New Holland, andgerminated about three years back. Its principal peculiarity is the astonishingprodigality in which tlie blossoms are developed, and from this cause, as well asfrom their be
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