appear to be from two to three feet; it grows upright; the flowers which
are about the size of those of the _Kalmia glauca_, are of a purple
colour, and contrary to all the other known Kalmia's grow in racemi.

It is propagated by layers, and requires the same treatment as the rest
of the genus, that is, to be planted in bog-earth, on a north border: as
this however is a new, and of course a dear plant, it will be most
prudent till we know what degree of cold it will bear, to keep it in a
pot of the same earth, plunged in the same situation, which may be
removed in the Winter to a green-house or hot-bed frame.




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ALSTROEMERIA PELEGRINA. SPOTTED-FLOWER'D ALSTROEMERIA.

_Class and Order._

HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

_Generic Character._

_Corolla_ 6-petala, supera, irregularis. _Stamina_ declinata.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

ALSTROEMERIA _Pelegrina_ caule erecto, corollis campanulatis rectis,
foliis lineari-lanceolatis sessilibus. _Linn. Syst. Veg. p. 338.