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stem, with slrncler hoary branches, rising three 

 or four f'eft in height : the leaves small, linear, 

 adprcsscd, laid close to the branches; and the 

 branches are terminated with large silvery 

 white flowers. This plant is also a native of the 

 Cape. 



The fifth has shrubby proliferous stalks: the 

 leaves are grannlous-roundish, lightly imbri- 

 cated : the flowers sitting close to the branches. 



The sixth species rises with an upright shrubby 

 stem, branching three or four feet in height: 

 the leaves are linear spear-shaped, mucronated : 

 and the flowers are termmal, leafy, white. It 

 Ls a native of Africa. 



The seventh has the stalks shrubby; and the 

 leaves oval-awl-shaped, smooth, imbricated: 

 the flowers at the end of the branches. 



These plants have the name of Eternal Flower, 

 from the circumstance of their continuing long 

 after being plucked. 



Cullure. — In the first soit and varieties the 

 culture is readily effected by sowing the seeds iu 

 pots of light fresh mould ia the autumn or 

 spring, or at other seasons for a succession, 

 plunging them in a moderate hot-bed, to bring 

 forward "the plants. In the spring they may also 

 be sown in patches where they are to remain, or 

 in beds to be afterwards removed. When the 

 plants have a few inches growth, they should be 

 pricked out in rows a foot apart on beds, or into 

 the borders, clumps, or other places where they 

 are to grow. They should afterwards be kept 

 clean from weeds, and have occasional waterings 

 innnediately after pricking out, and afterwards 

 in dry weather. 



Tlie other sorts are raised by planting cuttings 

 of the young shoots in the sinnmer in pots filled 

 with light mould, giving them a little water and 

 shade ; or, which is better, plunging them into 

 a hot-bed, and covering them with hand-glasses. 

 When they are become firmly established in 

 the autumn, they should be carefully removed 

 into separate pots, being replaced in the hot- 

 bed till re-rooted, after which they should have 

 the management of other shrubby green-house 

 jjlants. 



The first ort produces a fine eflect in the 

 borders, clumps, &c, while growing, as well as 

 in pots when the flowers are taken off. And the 



other sorts atTorJ variety in green house collec- 

 tions. 



XVLOPIIYLLA, a genus containing plants 

 of tl'.e tender exotic kind for the stove. 



It belongs to the class and order Penlandria 

 Trigi/nia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Euphorh'ue. 



The characters' are : that the calvx is a six- 

 parted coloured cup: the corolla has no petals; 

 but nectariums composed of six glandules af- 

 fixed to the germcn : the stamina five short 

 filaments and single antherje: the pislillum is a 

 roundish germ, three short styles, crow ned with 

 lacenUed stigmas : the pericarpium is a roundish 

 trilocular capsule : the seeds double. 



The species cultivatL-d are: 1. X. long! folia, 

 Long-leaved Love Flower; 2. X. liitifolia. 

 Broad-leaved Love Flower; 3. X.falcata, Fal- 

 cated Love Flower. 



The first rises with four-angled branches, 

 which are set with lonsr linear leaves. It is a 

 native oi America. 



The second species also rises with round 

 branches : the leaves are broad spear-shaped. It 

 is a native of the West Indies. 



The third has a woody stem and branches : 

 the leaves are linear spear-shaped, shining, 

 placed irregularly : and at the upper part of the 

 branches the flowers are produced upon the 

 edges of the leaves, being very closely placed. 

 It is a native of America. 



Culture. — These plants are increased by sow- 

 ing the seeds in pots in the early spring, and 

 plunging them in a hot-bed : when the plants 

 are come up two or three inches in growth, they 

 should be pricked out in separate pots, replun- 

 ging them in the bark -bed : they may afterwards 

 be managed as other stove plants of a similar 

 growth. 



They are also, some of them, capable of being 

 raised bv off-sets, slips, and cuttings, assisted 

 by a hot-bed in the same manner. 



They require the constant protection of the 

 stove in winter, but in the hot summer months 

 may be set out in their pots in a sheltered situ- 

 ation, being taken in ini the approach of cold 

 nights. 



They afford variety, and are curious in stoyc 

 collections. 



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