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t!ic same ,'ippc:\rancc with the oilier, liul ?m,i!ler 

 aiul much sliarter : the ends beset with narrow 

 leaves, hctucen which the white flowers come 

 out and appear. It is a native of Africa. 



Sonic also have a dwarf- trailing ant! doublee- 

 brancl!in<i as wjll as other varieties. 



Tile fifth species is a wandlikc -^uberect plant, 

 six feet high, the whole of it abounding in a 

 white bitterish niilkv juice: the stems numerous, 

 nnind, smooth, weak, very pliant, brinched, the 

 thickntss of a finger or the thumb, the older 

 ones ash-coloured, the yoiniger green : the leaves 

 some obtuse, others acute, coriaceous, quite en- 

 tire, petioled, deep green, two or three inches 

 long, deciduous except on the branches, the 

 iiiidclic dor.-al nerve and the petiole augment- 

 ed by a longitudinal lamella more or less u aved 

 and conspicuous, at first frequently tomentose 

 on both sides, but with the upper surface very 

 even, and the edges extreniciv waved ; afterwards 

 both sides always become flat and smooth : the 

 peduncles one-flowered, short, aggregate about 

 the extremities of the branchlets, coming out 

 principally when the plant is without leaves : the 

 flowers are void of scent, of a beautiful scarlet 

 colour. It is a native of the Caribbce Islands. 



There are varieties with laurel leaves and 

 variegated leaves. 



The sixth has a roundish, upright, succnlent 

 Stem, about three feet high, putting out several 

 branches on the side, of the same form ; the 

 angles are armed with long, single, black spines : 

 at the ends of the branches come out small 

 flowers, which are sometimes succeeded by small 

 fruit. It is a native of the Cape. 



The seventh has also roundish stems, swelling 

 out in the middle, and having knobbed angles, 

 between which come out long straight spines ; 

 these stems arc two feet high, and put a few 

 branches from their side of the same form, at 

 the ends of which flowers are produced, sitting 

 close upon the angles, they are small and of a yel- 

 lowish green colour. It differs from the preceding 

 in having the angles doubled and swelling a 

 little; and ihespincs singlebetween thetuberetes, 

 which arc placed longitudinally. It is a native 

 of the Cape, flowering in July and Autrust. 



The eighth species has an upright, succulent 

 stem, from three lo four feet high, with oblong 



smooth sessile 'eaves ; the upper part dicho- 

 tonious, and an umbel comes out from each 

 division; lliat in the first being the largest, and 

 those in the upper the smallest. The flouers 

 are of a greenish yellow colour, appearing in 

 .fune and .July, and are soon after succeeded by 

 fruit. It is a native of France, &c. 



Ciillvre. — All these plants may be raised by- 

 setting cuttings made at a joint five or six inches 

 long, after being rubbed in sand, and laid on a 

 shelf a few days to have the wounds healed over, 

 in the sunnner, about June, in small pots lilleJ 

 with light, dry, sandv mould, with some rub- 

 bish at the jjottoms, such as that constituted of 

 a fourth j)art of screened lime rubbisti, the same 

 proportion of sea-sand, and one half of light 

 fresh vegetable earth, well mixed and blended 

 together by frequent turning over, plunging 

 them in the bark hot-bed, giving due shade in 

 hot sunny weather, and a little water once or 

 twice a week, as there may be occasion. When 

 the plants have stricken root they should have 

 air admitted pretty freely in that situation, or be 

 removed into the stove to be hardened before 

 winter. 



They must afterwards be allowed larger pots 

 once a vear as they advance in growth, and be 

 frequently refreshed with water in the summer 

 season, but only very sparingly in the winter. 



Most of these sorts are capable of being kept 

 on the shelves of hot-houses, and some of 

 them, as the fifth, sixth, and seventh, in a dry 

 airy green-house, or glass-case, during the 

 winter season, care being taken to guard them 

 against the frost, and in the summer they may 

 be set out in the open air. 



The fourth species stands in need of support 

 to prevent the weight of the branches forcing 

 it upon the pots;" and by such management 

 they will rise four or five feet in height, pro- 

 ducing numerous side-branches. 



The eighth sort requires little orno care when 

 once introduced, except keeping the young 

 plants clean, as it will be continued by its scat- 

 tering the seeds. 



The whole of these sorts, except the last, 

 afibrd variety in hot- and green-house col- 

 lections, and that in the borders of the plea- 

 sure-srouud. 



