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Isolepis gracilis. This pretty little grass-like Sedge from Australia has 

 long been cultivated for the ornamentation of greenhouses and for decora- 

 tive work. It grows readily in any ordinary good open compost, and is 

 increased by division of the tufts, generally in spring, just as growth is 

 about to begin. A night temperature of 60 F. is suitable for establishing 

 the plants, but it may be afterwards reduced by 10 degrees or even more. 



Ixora. These are fine tropical stove shrubs with glowing bright 

 orange-scarlet or yellow flowers in dense heads often nearly 1 ft. across 

 in macrothyrsa (Dujffi) which has crimson blooms. Some of the best kinds 

 are Dixiana, orange; Fraseri, scarlet; lutea, yellow; Pilgrimi, orange 

 scarlet; Westi, bright red; &c. Raised from cuttings in loam and peat. 



Jacobinia (Justicia). Stove plants, easily grown in sandy loam and 

 peat, and very ornamental when in bloom. The best kinds are chryso- 

 stephana, yellow: coccinea, scarlet; magnified, red, with varieties carnea 

 and Pohliana; Ghiesbrechtiana, red, &c. They are all raised from cuttings 

 in spring. 



Juniperus Bermudiana (BARBADOS, PENCIL, or BERMUDA CEDAR). 

 This ornamental Conifer is largely grown by some for decorative work, 

 and plants may be had in pots from 5-in. sizes and upwards to specimens 

 8-10 ft. high. They are pyramidal in habit and feathery in appearance, 

 and are raised from seeds. Being tender they must be grown in a fairly 

 warm greenhouse to obtain nice saleable plants. 



Kalosanthes (Crassula) coccinea. This South African plant was 

 cultivated extensively some years ago, and is still grown by a few under 

 its old name of Crassula. It has erect fleshy stems and ovate triangular 

 fleshy leaves arranged crosswise in alternate pairs. The brilliant-scarlet 

 flowers are borne in flattish clusters at the tips of the shoots. The plants 

 flourish in any ordinary garden soil, and are easily propagated from 

 almost any piece of detached shoot. Cuttings are inserted in pots in 

 a very sandy compost during the spring and summer months. They 

 require but little moisture, and soon root. The young plants are potted 

 up singly in small pots, and the tips of the shoots are pinched out later 

 on, when growth has commenced. At one time fine bushy well-flowered 

 specimens were sent to market in 5-in. pots (48's), and are so still; but 

 many are now sent in 3-in. pots instead. 



Kleinia. Two kinds K. repens, with cylindrical fleshy blue -green 

 leaves; and K. tomentosa, with larger spindle-shaped leaves covered 

 with silvery down are often usod for carpet bedding. They are pro- 

 pagated by cuttings, or offsets in sandy soil in spring in a warm house. 



Lachenalia Nelsoni (fig. 283). Of the many species and varieties of 

 Lachenalia known, this is the most likely to attract the commercial grower. 

 It is a magnificent hybrid between L. tricolor (fig. 284) and L. aurea, and 

 produces foot-long spikes of rich-yellow flowers. The bulbs cost wholesale 

 about 30s. per 100, and may be grown in pots, pans, or hanging baskets in 

 an ordinary greenhouse, coming into blossom about March and April. The 

 bulbs should be potted up about August (having had a rest from the 



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