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ripe, planted in a pot of sand, which should be plunged in a moist heat 

 under a hand-glass. The double flowered varieties of Gardenia Jlorida, 

 and Gardenia radicans, are cultivated to a considerable extent, under 

 the name of Cape Jasmine, for the beauty and fragrance of their 

 flowers ; the best manner of getting these to bloom freely, is to set 

 them in a close frame, on a little bottom heat, in spring, but the pots 

 should not be plunged ; and in winter they may be set in the green- 

 house. 



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