It belongs to Mr. Klotzsch's section Intestiniflora, or to 

 Professor Don's genus Syringodea, but is quite distinct from 

 all the species to be found in books. Fig. 1. represents the 

 ovary and style ; fig. 2. an anther with a part of its filament. 



This, like the other Cape species of this charming genus, 

 is propagated easily from cuttings. When a duplicate can 

 be spared, it may be put into a propagating house, where there 

 is a little artificial heat; in a short time it will send out 

 young vigorous shoots which will form excellent cuttings. 

 The latter may be taken off, inserted in the cutting-pot, 

 and placed under a bell-glass in a cool green-house. 



When the cuttings are sufficiently well rooted, which 

 will be known by their beginning to grow vigorously, they 

 may be potted in " sixty" pots, and placed upon a shelf in 

 the heath-house, where they are fully exposed to light and 

 air. After they are a few inches high and growing well, the 

 top should be cut or pinched out, which will cause them to 

 branch, and become bushy. The season preferred by heath- 

 growers for propagating, is the spring, as soon as wood can 

 be obtained for the purpose. The best soil for heaths is, peat 

 naturally mixed with sand ; where peat cannot be procured 

 in this state, sand must be added to it. 



No plants are more liable than heaths to suffer from 

 neglect or mismanagement, especially in watering; either 

 too much water is given, or too little, and the one is as bad 

 as the other. To remedy this some distinguished cultivators 

 mix small pieces of free-stone with the soil ; and raise the 

 ball of the plant a little at every shifting, so that it is 

 higher in the centre of the pot or tub, than round the edges. 

 Before large and handsome specimens can be grown and 

 preserved, these precautions are absolutely necessary. 



