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proper training it would, in cither of these shapes, present a very handsome 

 Tpearance. It is best planted against a south wall, where it will succeed admirably 

 S the warmest part of the year, but will require a little care during the winter 

 tol2 or rather, at L transition from winter to spring ; for it is at this period that 

 he pi nt commences its growth, and the latent flower-buds develop themselves, and 

 Z Z consequently, more to apprehend than in those months when the plant, in 

 rommon Tith most of the other members of the vegetable world, rs at rest 

 TrXed against the north side of a wall, it would be exerted into actmty som 

 leeks later- but on the other hand, in such a situatron, the shoots would 

 Md^tTk. matured by the autumnal sun, and therefore less able tores, the 

 effecTof a low temperature. Even in the most favourable aspects it wxll be 

 £££ not only to protect the stems by matting, or, if possible, some waterproof 



T^nl but also to cover the roots with a bushel of coal ashes, which are 

 ^trf^aSe With these precautions the plant will live through our 

 21 winters ; but we dare not undertake to affirm that it wi 1 pass uns athed 

 SuS tTose of a severer character. It is increased, however, with such readiness, 

 !rite growth is so rapid, that it will be an easy matter in such cases to replace 

 the mant b Y a cutting preserved in a pot through the winter. 



It hTs been advised, to dig up the plant in the autumn and re-pot it, tunangi 

 out 11 il April ; and, while the plant is young, this may be done, but as it wi 1 

 "two or Sree years attain the height of five or six feet, and cover a considerable 

 space wTthtsloots, it would be an operation of some little difficulty, and we do 

 not recommend its adoption except in the case of young P^ ts " 



There are, we believe, three other species in cultivation, rn addition to that under 



npmto mrts of Mexico, and introduced within the last few years. 

 P T te ^neri name, HairotUmnus, is derived from two Greek words »* 

 hoaut M or splendid and thamnos, a shrub, terms which are, no doubt, equally 

 Se to hundreds of plants in cultivation; but the number ^o «*££* 

 irons has been during the last twenty years so great, that it is by no means easy 

 to select designations which are, in all respects, appropriate. 



