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On the Cidtiration of Trerirania coccinca. By Mr. 

 Thomas Appleky, Gardener to the Rev. J. A. 

 Rhodes, Horsforth Hall, near Leeds. 



Amongst the many interesting and beautiful plants which orna- 

 ment our stoves and gi-eenhouses, none is more w orthy of care and 

 attention than Trevirania coccinea, or what is perhaps better known 

 as Cyrilla pulchella. 



Having been successful for yeai-s in growing and blooming it to 

 gi-eat ])erfection, I hope, through the medium of }'0ur pleasing 

 jjublication, to bring it into more general cultivation, and make its 

 merits better known as an ornamental and useful j^lant for the 

 greenhouse stage dming the summer months, when the proper in- 

 mates are enjoying the open air. 



In February I take the pots of roots and turn them cai-efully 

 Out; I then choose the finest, and jnit one in each pot, (sixties,) 

 in a rich light compost of loam, leaf mould, and peat soil, in equal 

 parts, adding as much fine sand as will make it perfectly open, 

 equal to at least one-sixth of the whole. I give them a gentle 

 watering fi-om a fine s^Tingc, and place them in a Calcutta sto\'e, 

 or wanu dung bed, not giving them much water until the plants 

 make their appearance. As soon as their roots reach the sides of 

 the pots, I re-pot them into larger pots, (tliirty-sixes,) putting 

 about one inch of broken pots at the bottom of each pot for drain- 

 age, and adding a little rotten cow-dung to the above compost. 

 ^\'ate^ is now given more freely, as the plants advance in gi-owth ; 

 I find at this stage of growth they thrive best in a rather shady 

 part of the stove, but not too far from the glass. Every sunny 

 day I spinge over the whole plant with lukc-wann water; this is 

 very beneficial to tliem, causing them to grow very fast, and gives 

 than u clean, healthy appearance. I suflxT them to shew flower 

 buds, aJid then finally pot tliem into twenty -fours, and remove 

 tliem into the greenhouse, in the open sim on the stage, amongst 

 Cockscombs, Balsams, Salpiglossises, &c., where they produce 

 their brilliant scarlet blossoms in great abundance, to the admira- 

 tion of every one who sees them, I liad tlie blossoms on one 

 plant counted, and tliey amounted to 2o7, many of whicli were 

 nearly an inch acrcss. The plant measured 2 feet in diameter, 

 and was 20 iiu-lies in height, fonning a splendid jivramid of scarlet 



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