Like the majus it is an annual, though by artificial heat it may be kept in a pot through the winter, as usually is the variety of it with double flowers; but as it will grow readily in the open air, in warm sheltered situations, it should be raised on a hot-bed, like other tender annuals, if we wish to have it flower early in the summer, continue long in blossom, and produce perfect seeds.
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Antirrhinum Purpureum. Purple Toad-Flax.
Class and Order.
Didynamia Angiospermia.
Generic Character.
Calyx 5-phyllus. Corollæ basis deorsum prominens, nectarifera. Capsula 2-locularis.
Specific Character and Synonyms.