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are the two best, but a dozen or more good species may be 

 found. 



GEEVILLEA ALPESTfilS. 



Ha-BEOTHAMNUS. — Owing to their robust habit, these are 

 best adapted for training to pillars in large houses, but with 

 care bush specimens may be produced. When grown as 

 pot specimens it will be necessary to first form a foundation 

 by stopping the young shoots once during the first year or two, 

 and afterwards to prune early in the spring all the shoots back 

 to within one or two buds of the base. They must be kept 

 rather dry at the root when pruned, and as soon as they are 

 fairly started into growth again turn them out of the pots, 

 and after removing a portion of the old soil repot them in 

 clean pots and a fresh compost. They will grow freely either 

 in peat or loam, but the best compost for theoi is a mixture 



