figured in the London Flor. and Bot. Magazines. 217 



or others of a similar nature, and, cutting off all the roots, make 

 a hole in the centre of the base of the plant, and simply insert 

 the stem of the pereskia thus prepared into it, taking care, to 

 shade it from the influence of the sun, and keep it in a moist heat. 

 In this manner, the species used for the graft, and the plant which 

 is grafted upon, will soon become firmly united, and grow and 

 flourish in a vigorous manner." (Pax. Mag. Bot.) 



In a future number some additional information will be given, 

 v/hich we shall extract if interesting to our readers. 



Myrtdcece. 



CALLI:~TE'J10N {from KaUistos, beautiful, and Hnneii, \n allusion to tlis rich vivid c.ilnra of 



the >-lainens.) 

 inncro^tacliyum Lindl. sniaM-.«/)itc(/ Caliisteiiicii. A preen-lioii.^e shrub; srnwir.;: f,)iir or five 

 fei't liiilli; with crimson flowers; aiipcaririj; in .March; a native of JNevv-Holiaud; propaga- 

 ted by cuttings, and gnnvu in sandy peat. Dot. Reg., n. s. 7. 



A new and very splendid species of the Calllstemon, a genus 

 heretofore united with Metrosideros, lately introduced from New- 

 Holland, and flowered for the first time in Europe, in March, 1837, 

 in the garden of William Harrison, Esq. of Cheshunt, at which 

 time it was exhibited before the London Horticultural Society, 

 where it gained a medal. 



The foliage is quite small and close, and the plant of an erect 

 and neat habit. But it is most remarkably striking, "on account 

 of the clear vivid crimson of its flowers, which are certainly the 

 most brilliant of this brilliant genus, so that, although the spikes 

 are much smaller than in some other species, the general effect 

 of the blossoms is not equalled." It is a very desirable species. 



Plants of this fine and showy genus are not often seen in our 

 collections in any great perfection, which, we apprehend, arises 

 in part from their not being very well known, and from the diffi- 

 culty of propagation, by which a stock of plants is kept up. The 

 following remarks, therefore, appended to the description of this 

 plant, we hope will be of interest to our readers, and be the means 

 of rendering them more frequent inmates of our green-houses: — 



"The cuttings by which this plant is propagated, should be the 

 points of young shoots, and, if possible, should be taken from 

 young plants. This is of considerable importance, because it 

 not unfrequently happens, that the failure in striking cuttings is 

 owing to having taken them oft' old plants. The best season for 

 propagation is the spring; the young plants then become rooted 

 before the following winter. They will strike root best in silver 

 sand." 



The cuttings, when rooted, should be potted off into "good 

 peat, and if it is not naturally mixed with sand, a little of this 

 must be added. The pots should be well drained, in order to 

 carry off the superfluous water. It will thrive best, as will all 

 the species, in a good airy green-house." [Bot. Reg., Eeb.) 



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