1. The scales of the cup of one of the small heads.
2. A small head of flowers, one of the flowers open, the rest not yet expanded.
3. A floret, with the p#tals expanded.
4. A petal, with its chive, magnified.
5. A Pointal, natural size, with the summit detached and magnified.
This handsome Protea we owe to Mr. R. Williams, of Turnham-green, nurseryman, who raised it by seeds received from the Cape of Good Hope in the year 1797. It is one of the handsomest we yet possess of the winged-leaved kind of Proteas; of which division, in this large family, there are now in the Hibbertian collection eighteen distinct species. This plant grows to the height of three feet, makes a very bushy head, and, when in flower, has a handsome appearance; as there are sometimes twenty spikes of flowers on it at one time. It is propagated by cuttings, thrives in sandy loam, and flowers in June; in which month this year, 1802, our drawing was made at Clapham.[Pg 402]
