mediate between that of the stove and greenhouse, and grows freely in any kind of light garden soiL Like many of the 
It propagates freely by cuttings. The young 
should be 
tropical Acanthads, after flowering, it becomes thin and naked. 
plants 
small 
kept in 
pots during winter, and re- 
ceive very little water. In 
the spring they require to 
be shifted into a large pot, 
where they will soon make 
rapid progress, and pro- 
duce a succession of large 
fine blue flowers. — Botani- 
cal Magazine, t. 4494* 
114. Thiebaudia 
SCABK1USCCJLA. Hum- 
boldt andBonpland. A 
greenhouse evergreen 
bush, belonging to the 
order of Cranberries 
( Vaccin laced) . Native 
of New Grenada. Mow- 
ers crimson, tipped with 
green. Flowered at Syon 
in April. (Kg. 53.) 
A very pretty spreading 
evergreen shrub with slen- 
der downy branches, and 
broad oblong almost cordate 
triple or quintuple ribbed 
leaves, slightly downy on 
the under side. The flow- 
ers appear at the ends of 
the branches, in drooping 
%htl d DCh ^^ Com P osed of resinous, shining, 
The y \\™?* f pink ' membr anous oblong scales. 
longT 1S . oblon & rather more than half an inch 
The aiFy ' n ° h crimson > with a clear green tip. 
strobSr iS D f rly ***** to T ' kraeteata, and 
which k5 Very shrubs stiU to introduce > f™ 111 
cumstan * h itS hairy flowers and other cir " 
ers in ^ u pubescens > another species with flow- 
not doZ, 8 ' ,S * « U ° h larger plant > also with 8mooth ' 
apecim '* at least such is the case in 
This ah n8 n° W bef ° re US from Hartwe g ,s Collections. 
Mr Purd f ° m a VCry U8€ful gay addition t0 s P rin « shrubs of itS da8S " 
It was raised at Syon from seeds received from 
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