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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ AprU 13, 1875. 



seen, probably ou account of its difficulty of propagation. 

 The plant is of shrubby habit, and its dazzUug crimson-scarlet 

 bracts render it extremely attractive. The plants should be 

 dry almost to flagging before the cuttings are taken off, when 

 they will strike in brisk heat in gritty soil. The plants should 

 be grown in sandy loam containing a liberal admixture of 

 nodules of broken bricks and limestone. It will thrive in a 



greenhouse during the summer mouths, but at other times 

 requires a stove temperature. It is a bright and attractive 

 plant, worthy of general cultivation. 



E. jacquiniieflora. We have no need to sound the praises of 

 this deservedly-popular winter-blooming plant ; its merits are 

 well known, and its charms are universally appreciated. It 

 should be grown iu every garden which afiords conveniences 



Fig. G7. — Euphorbia tree at dufar. 



for its culture, so elegant and attractive are its highly-coloured 

 sprays, for purposes of cut blooms especially. The plant is of 

 straggling habit, but is tractable and amenable to different forms 

 of culture. We have had it planted out and covering the back 

 wall of a vinery, and have gathered therefrom immense quan- 

 tities of sprays. We have had it in glowing pyramids trained 

 to wire trellises, and we have grown it by dozens in small pots 

 for filling jardinettes and other indoor decorative purposes. 

 Short-jointed cuttings strike freely in sand under bell-glasses 

 at this season of the year, and every cutting will flower in the ' 



autumn. In order to have compact plants we have struck the 

 cuttings in May in thumb pots and transferred several of these 

 plants into a Cinch pot, and in the winter have had masses of 

 scarlet not more than inches in height. The plants should 

 be grown on shelves quite close to the glass, and should have 

 copious supplies of water throughout the summer. Loom 

 with lumpy peat and charcoal is a suitable compost. The 

 drainage must be perfect; for while this plant requires plenty 

 of water, any approach to a stagnant soil is fatal. It must, 

 moreover, not be overpotted. For covering the back wall of a 



