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subjected to a low temperature, or they 
will be lable to rot. Keep them through 
their season of rest about 60°, and early in 
spring turn them out of the pots, removing 
the old soil completely, and repotting in 
new material as recommended for the pre- 
ceding season. 
The following are well worth cultiva- 
tion :— 
0. Amada. A variety which comes from 
Bengal, a fine kind, whose red and yellow 
flowers are produced during the summer. 
C. aromatica. Has yellow flowers, which 
are produced in the summer; it comes 
from the East Indies. 
C. cordata. Another East Indian orange 
and rose coloured sort, which blooms in 
July and August. 
C. Roscoeana. An East Indian «kind, 
with orange bracts and red flowers, which 
are produced in July and following months. 
C. rubricaulis. From the East Indies, 
generally blooms somewhat earlier than 
the sorts just named ; its flowers are red- 
dish yellow in colour. 
Iysects.—The continued use of the 
syringe through the growing season keeps 
in check red spider and thrips. Scale and 
mealy bug will live upon them, but they 
can be easily removed by sponging, and 
the yearly decay of the leaves effectually 
destroys any perfect insects or their eggs 
that may have got on the plants during the 
summer. 
CYANOPHYLLUM MAGNIFICUM. 
This is the best of all the Cyanophyllums 
—so much so, indeed, as to make the others 
not worth growing. We skall, therefore, 
confine the details of cultivation to this 
species, which is rightly named, for amongst 
all the fine-leaved stove plantsthat have been 
introduced, if we except some of the best 
of the Palms and their allies, there are 
none yet that equal the majestic foliage 
which this plant when well grown pro- 
duces. A vigorous specimen will make 
leaves ayard long, by over 20 inches broad, 
their almost black-green silky upper, and 
reddish-purple under surface, affording a 
striking contrast to all other cultivated 
forms of vegetation. It isa Melastomad 
capable of bearing as high a temperature 
as the hottest stove plants require. <A 
single stem is all the form of growth worth 
encouraging, although when strong it breaks 
freely. 
These side shoots or the extreme top 
make cuttings that will root in a few 
weeks, placed singly in 3-inch or 4-inch 
pots, half filled with peaty soil, the upper 
surface all sand, kept moist, confined, and 
Greenhouse and Stove Plants. 
CYANOPHYLLUM. 
shaded when requisite, in a temperature of 
75° or 80°. Under such conditions they 
may be struck at any time of the year 
when cuttings are at hand, but, supposing” 
them to be rooted in April, they should at 
once be stood where they will receive 
enough light, otherwise the leaves formed 
will be thin, and not able to last long. To 
grow this Cyanophyllum large it must have: 
plenty of root-room ; the first move from 
the cutting state should be into pots 7 
inches or 8 inches in diameter, using good 
peat, in which the growth is quicker than 
in loam. Although the plant cannot be 
crown too near the glass, still its leaves are 
thin in texture, and if not shaded when 
the sun comes directly upon them with 
any considerable force they are liable to get 
injured ; but the shading should only be 
used when the sun is likely to do harm.. 
Give air when the weather is mild, if only 
for a short time each day ; plenty of water 
must also be given. As soon as the roots 
have got well hold of the soil, move into. 
pots 15 inches in diameter, using peat in a 
lumpy state, with a good sprinkling of sand 
and some rotten manure, for it is a gross- 
feeder, and when the soil is full of roots it 
will take manure-water freely, which will 
much assist the leaves both in size and in 
the lustrous shade they get when the plant 
is well managed. It can be grown to a 
handsome size in a single season, and very 
large with a second year’s growth. In 
autumn cease shading and give more air,. 
reducing the temperature gradually, so: 
that in winter it is about 65°, at which 
time keep the roots alittle drier, but never 
withhold water to let them get as dry as. 
many things require, or the leaves will 
suffer. Treat during the ensuing summer 
as before ; in the autumn the extreme top: 
may be removed and struck, which will 
have the effect of causing some of the lower 
eyes to break. When the shoots thus 
made are large enough, they can be taken 
off with a heel and struck. If required, 
the old stem may be headed down to the 
bottom, the ball half shaken out, and the 
stool repotted in new soil as soon as it has 
made a little growth ; after heading down 
in this way larger leaves will be formed 
than those produced by the first growth. 
After the second season young plants will 
be preferable in some cases. 
Insects.—The daily syringing which 
this Cyanophyllum should have during the 
erowing season will suffice to keep down 
the smaller insects, but care must be taken 
that the water gets well to the under 
surface of the leaves, or thrips will effect a 
lodgment. Syringing will also keep down 
mealy bug, which is very fond of establish- 
