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THE ARIZA PLANT. 
shrubs, inhabitm 
Their 
flowers are produced in a short spike, tier above tier, every day witnessing the expansion of a new tier 
above those of the former days, tiU at last the whole mass becomes a globe of living and glowmg 
the side of the main stem, among the leaves, which at that 
Every evening they rise up and lift themselves from the 
crimson. 
:ime present a singul 
blossoms to expose them to the dew, so that each morning these beautiful objects lie uncovered ; but 
droop 
rays of the sun. Who 
mi 
form and hue, all 
hours of tropical sunlight 
texture and delicate colours ? 
This tree must be grown m the damp stove, When its seeds are good they are easily raised if 
sown in light soil, and plunged in a tan-pit or hot-bed. A rich free soil that will not get hard or 
sour is the best for its after-growth. It is only in a large house that it can tlnrive well for any length 
of time, and be seen in its greatest beauty. Then if planted out in the border, or in a large tub 
with sufficient room for its leave 
much inferior to Amherstia nohilis. 
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