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solitary, on peduncles the length of the adjacent leaf, white-tomen- 

 tose: seldom two-flowered. It is a native of the Cape, flowering 

 from November to January. 



Culture. The first five sorts are hardy, and may be increased by 

 seeds or parting the roots. 



The seeds should be sown in the spring in pots of fine mould, 

 and when the plants are come up they should be removed into 

 separate pots, till they have obtained sufficient strength, when they 

 may be planted out where they are to grow. 



The roots may likewise, in many of the sorts, be parted at the 

 same season and planted in pots, or where they are to remain. 



The first and second sorts may also be raised from cuttings and 

 layers, planted or laid down at the same season. These, when 

 planted against a wall, so as to be protected from frost in winter, 

 succeed very well. 



All the other sorts are tender, and require the hot-house or stove. 

 They are increased by sowing the seed in the early spring, in pots 

 filled with fine mellow light mould, and plunged in the hot-bed 

 under glasses, or in the bark-bed. When the plants have advanced 

 a little in growth, they should be removed into separate pots, filled 

 with soft loamy mould, being well watered and replunged in the 

 bark-bed till fresh rooted; being afterwards managed as other exotic 

 stove plants, but with little water. They likewise sometimes suc- 

 ceed by layers and cuttings, treated in the same manner. 



The first sorts afford variety in the borders and among potted 

 plants, and the latter in stove collections. 



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