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quently examined and carefully washed as prescribed 

 in January. 



Combretums. Nine species of beautiful flowering 

 climbing plants, standing in very high estimation. The 

 leaves of the principal part of them are ovate, acute, 

 flowers small but on large branches, the flowers all 

 coming out on one side of the branch. They have a 

 magnificent effect. C. elegans, red ; C.formosum, red and 

 yellow ; C. pulchellum, scarlet ; C. comosum has crimson 

 flowers in tufts ; C. purpureum is the most splendid of 

 the genus. It was first cultivated in 1818, and so much 

 admired, that the whole of the species as soon as in- 

 troduced, was extravagantly bought up, and none of 

 them has retained their character, except C.purpureum, 

 which is now called Poivrea coccinea. The flowers are 

 bright scarlet, in large branches, blooming profusely 

 from April to September, and flower best in a pot. 

 When planted in the ground it grows too much to 

 wood, carrying few flowers. This plant ought to be 

 in every Hot-house. 



Crdssula. This genus has no plants in it attractive 

 in beauty. Several beautiful plants in our collections 

 belong to Rochea and Kalosdnthus. There is a strong 

 growing succulent plant, known in our collections as 

 C.falcdta, which is R.falcdta. It seldom flowers; the 

 minor variety blooms profusely every year from May to 

 August, and has showy scarlet flowers in terminale 

 panicles. The plants known as C. coccinea and C. ver- 

 sicolor are now given to the genus Kalosdnthus. The 

 flowers of the former are like scarlet wax, terminale 

 and sessile; K. odoratissima has yellow terminale sweet- 





