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THE FLORIST. 



LESCHENAULTIA FORMOSA. 



Will any of your readers kindly give me a hint respecting the best 

 way of cultivating this fine plant ? Although a great favourite with 

 me, I have as yet been unable to grow it to any thing like the per- 

 fection in which I have seen it at other places. Last year I had two 

 plants which I paid particular attention to. They grew freely, were 

 kept stopped back, and allowed to flower a little, but not so much 

 as to weaken the plants ; which, however, died when they were in 

 1 1 -inch pots, and well established, measuring fifteen inches through 

 and ten inches high. They were not over-watered, but kept mode- 

 rately damp. In watering, I gave a sufficiency to soak the ball 

 of earth through. The house in which they were grown is a very 

 light one, and was shaded when the sun was powerful. Plenty of 

 air was given ; but with the above treatment, the foliage all at once 

 assumed a yellow appearance, which gradually increased, and ulti- 

 mately the plants died. 



T. R. 



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