The cuttings by which this plant is propagated should be 

 the points of young shoots, and if possible should be taken 



from 



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plants. This is of considerable importance, 

 because it not unfrequently happens that the failure in strik- 

 ing cuttings is owing to having taken them off old plants. 

 The best season for propagation is the spring ; the young 

 plants then become rooted before the following winter. 

 They will strike root best in silver sand. The soil should be 

 good peat, and if it is not naturally mixed with sand, a little 

 of this must be added. The pots should be well drained in 

 order to carry off superfluous 'water. It will be grown to the 

 greatest perfection in a good green-house ; but it would pro- 

 bably succeed if planted against a wall in the milder parts of 

 the country, provided it were protected from all wet and the 

 most severe frost during winter. « 



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