60 OBSERVATIONS ON THE BENTHAMIA FUAGIFERA. 



large plant, which I grow in a pit in my plant-stove. In March, 

 1844, the plant had increased so rapidly that I was under the neces- 

 sity of shortening the branches ; having done so, I cut the ends of 

 the shoots off; each about five inches long; and inserted them tight 

 in pots, filled firmly with sand and loam, equal parts. I had them 

 placed in a hot-bed frame, and nearly every one was well rooted in a 

 month. I then potted them off singly into small pots, put them in 

 the frame for another ten days, to induce them to strike fresh roots, 

 &c. ; at the expiration of which they were removed into the plant- 

 stove; selecting a part not the hottest: they continued to grow in 

 these pots, in a rich, rough, sandy loam, and turfy peat, till the end 

 of August, when I planted them in 36-sized pols. I was much 

 gratified to find that every plant produced one large head of flowers, 

 as does the common Hydrangea. Being so well pleased with the 

 production, I resolved to adopt the same method this season, and cut 

 off the ends of a dozen shoots ; those which appeared the best 

 ripened ones, having plump buds. I treated them as before men- 

 tioned, and now I have a most beautiful bloom ; each plant being 

 from one foot to two feet high ; some of the heads measuring nearly 

 a foot in diameter. I give them once a week a good soaking of 

 manure water at the roots, after I first see the heads of flowers are 

 formed. A rough compost and free drainage are indispensable. 



Just before the blossoms begin to open, I remove some of the 

 plants into the greenhouse, where they bloom admirably, and continue 

 through the winter. My greenhouse is kept dry ; so that the blos- 

 soms do not damp off, as otherwise I find they would. The plant 

 blooms very successfully in a sitting-room, and sheds a delightful 

 fragrance therein. The plant is in all respects as easy to manage as 

 the Hydrangea above named. Every stove, conservatory, and green- 

 house, should possess it. 



ARTICLE VII. 



OBSERVATIONS ON THE BENTHAMIA FRAG1FERA, (Coknus 

 capitata oi-' sojie Persons). 



BY A CORNISH MAN. 



In the Cabinet for March, 1834, a coloured figure of the fine 

 fruit of tliis beautiful hardy evergreen plant is inserted, and the fol- 



