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of fine peat or decayed manure and maiden soil, with a 

 small portion of sand added. 



The Ixora (Cinchonacea>). 



This is one of the grandest-flowering evergreen 

 greenhouse dwarf shrubs we possess. Generally they 

 are classed among stove plants, but they will do very 

 well in a good greenhouse, at the warm end, during 

 the winter. 



Their propagation is by cuttings of the half-ripened 

 young wood in pots of fine sandy peat, under a bell- 

 glass, in bottom heat. 



The Abelta (Caprifoliacece). 



A pretty tribe of showy evergreen shrubs with bright 

 flowers, which are produced in abundance. Their pro- 

 pagation is by cuttings of the half-ripened young wood 

 in pots of fine peat, and set in a frame, or under a 

 handlight, and potted off as soon as they have struck 

 root into 3-inch pots, and housed, or kept in a frame 

 or pit. 



The Polygala (Pobjgalacece). 



A pretty-flowering genus, much resembling small pea- 

 blossom. The greenhouse varieties are useful for cut 

 flowers for bouquets, among other things. P. P)al- 

 maisiana is a very pretty variety, and of free growth. 

 It requires frequent stopping to induce a dwarf habit. 

 The flowers come on the ends of the young growth, so 

 that the more there is of this, the greater number of 

 flowers there will be. The propagation of this species 

 consists in sowing the seed in the spring, in pots filled 

 with peat and maiden loam, or maiden loam and leaf- 

 mould and some sand, and set in a mild heat ; also by 

 cuttings of the points of the young shoots with short 

 joints, and a little firm. Insert them in pots filled with 

 fine sandy peat, with a third maiden soil, and plunge in 

 a mild heat. 



