The most liealthy plants of this species are those which 

 are either raised from seed in this country, or imported when 

 small and in a growing- state. Whenever the seed is ripe it 

 should be sown in sand and placed on a warm dry shelf; it 

 will vegetate freely, and the seedlings should have very little 

 water. They will root well in the sand, and need not be 

 potted until they are pretty strong plants. The best soil for 

 potting is loam, peat, and brick rubbish, but it should never 

 be very rich, and the pots must be well drained. 



The practice of growing plants of this kind in dung or tan 

 frames has been very much eulogised, and some specimens 

 which have been sent from the continent to this country, 

 reared in this manner, were certainly healthy and beautiful. 

 Those who adopt this system in summer, must however 

 take care to remove their plants into a dry atmosphere before 

 the approach of winter, or they will be very apt to lose some 

 of their finest specimens. 



The present species will live in any cool dry atmosphere 

 a few degrees above the freezing point in winter, but will not 

 grow or flower under a temperature of 55o or 60", 



