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Great care is required in its cultivation, not to 



gi 



much water late in the summer, which proves fatal 



peedily. It should be kept 



greenhouse, in dry- 



may be plunged 

 situation. 



earth, during the winter ; and in the summer 



open border in a warm sheltered 

 It is propagated by cuttings or by seeds, which 

 latter are produced m small quantities. 



We may here remark, that the Talinum ciliatum of 

 the English Gardens is referred to Calandrinia by M. De- 



candolle, under the name of C 



Pi 



that C 



landrinia compressa of Schrader, adopted as a distinct 

 species by M. Decandolle, is probably the same: and 



that there is good reason to believe that all these are 

 identical with the Talinum ciliatum of the Flora Peruviana, 

 from which they are divided by M. Decandolle. 



J. L. 



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