HOT-HOUSE OF REPOTTING, ETC. 1G9 



green-house (see Marcfi). L. Chlordxylon is the Cogwood 

 of Jamaica. L. pSrsea is now Ptrsea gratissim>i, Alliga- 

 tor-pear, a fruit about the size of a large pear, and greatly 

 esteemed in the West Indies ; the plant is generally known 

 in our collections. C. virum is the true Cinnamon of com 

 inerce. 



The part taken is the inside of the bark when the tree is 

 from five to eighteen years old. The leaves are three- 

 uerved, ovate, oblong; nerves vanishing towards the point, 

 bright green above, pale beneath, with whitish veins. This 

 plant ought to be kept in the warmest part of the hot-house. 

 C. cassia is frequently given under the former name, but 

 when compared, may be easily detected by the leaves being 

 more lanceolate and a little pubescent. They both make 

 handsome plants, but require great heat. Drain the pots well 

 of the delicate sorts. (Soil No. 13.) 



LycbpocKvm, a family of dwarf mossy-like plants, admira- 

 bly adapted for shady situations amongst other plants to covei* 

 pots, edgings for paths, &c. L. denticulatum, green. L. 

 ccesicum, blue green L. arboreum large, blue climbing, very 

 elegant. They all require an abundance of moisture and will 

 grow in any soil. 



Mangi/era, Mango tree. There are two species. M. in- 

 dica is in our collections, and bears a fruit which is so highly 

 esteemed in the East Indies as to be considered preferable to 

 any other, except very fine pine-apples. The leaves are 

 lanceolate, and from six to eight inches long, and two or 

 more broad. The flowers are produced in loose bunches at 

 the end of the branches, but of no beauty, and have to be 

 artificially impregnated, or it will scarcely produce fruit. 

 The shell is kidney-shaped, and of a leathery crustaceous sub- 

 stance. They contain one seed, and in their indigenous state 

 are more juicy than an apple. Drain the pots well, as the 

 roots are apt to get sodden from moisture. The other species 

 goes under the name of oppositifblia, but we question if it is 

 not only a variety, for it has every character of the one just 

 described. (Soil No. 11.) 



Merica, a genus of hot-house plants, closely allied to Iris, 

 between which there is no distinction in the leaves. The 

 flowers of M. ccerulea are beautifully spotted with light and 

 dark blue, the scape many-flowered, M. Sablni has flowers 

 similar, but not o dark in colour. M. jfitfiki'diia haft 

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