that, where he foundthe plant, the groundwas covered with snowand ice; so that therecan be no doubt 01 itsbeing hardy in the cli-mate of London , it is

of such remarkably slow

growth in its native ha-bitats, that the inhabi-tants say it flowers onlyonce in WO years. Iig.2402., reduced trom Ka-ron Karwinski’s plate toa scale 1 in. to 12it.,shows the general ap-pearance ot the inn-grown plant, with itsnoble spike of flowers.Fig. 2401. shows theflowers of the naturalsize. Only seven plantswere introduced, one otwhich was purchased bytheDuke ofDevonshire,and the rest sold toMessrs. Loddiges. Pricefive guineas each.

gigantea Vent.,Bot. Mag., t. 2250., isan agave-like plant,with leaves 7 ft. long,and a flower-stem 30 ft.high; a native of SouthAmerica : introduced m1690. It flowered m1821, at the Earl otPowis’s seat at Wallcot,Shropshire .

LitUB' a gemmifloraBrig.; Aga've gemmi-flora Ker; Bonaparteo

; unci'ii Haw., ^ort.Journ. Roy. Inst.,

1 .1.; and our fig. 2403.;is a native of Peru , in-troduced iu 1800; and,though commonly keptin the green-house, it isprobably as hardy assome kinds of Ywca.The plant of which ourfigure is a portrait, witha single flower of thenatural size, flowered inthe conservatory ^ otKnight’s Exotic Nur-sery! King’s Road, m1826. The flower-stemfirst appeared about the