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the specics are grown in the greenhouse, one of the most 
useful being Floribunda, which was introduced from 
Brazil in 1829. This very beautiful species requires the 
protection of the greenhouse during Winter. It has 
bright rose-colored flowers, which are produced in great 
abundance during nearly the whole year. There is a 
variety of this species with pure white flowers. Both 
are rapidly increased by division of the root. All the 
Species under cultivation are either from the Cape of 
Good Hope or South America, and all alike are of easy 
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_N old and popular favorite, commonly called Olean- 
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== der, which has a place in every garden of any size 
on this continent. If comes in for a share of every 
‘housewife’s care, just as much as a choice piece of furni- 
tureora valuable heirloom, and a home was once thought 
incomplete without an Oleander. In the North they 
are grown in large tubs or boxes, and in this manner 
ornament the lawn or porch through the Summer sea- 
son, and are generally Wintered in a cellar or ether place 
away from frost. South of this point the Oleander occu- 
pies a permanent position in the flower garden, and in 
the extreme South they attain quite a large size. At 
Galveston, Texas, many beautiful specimens are to be 
met with in all available places. Thereare several varie- 
ties of color, pink, white, yellow, and various shades of 
red and rose. They are natives of the East Indies. 
Sometimes they are infested with scale, but this is only 
where they are stunted in tubs or grown as house plants. 
Frequent spongings of the leaves will, however, always 
prevent this. They delight best in a compost of two 
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