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Mitraria coccinea. 



attention and care. It is a native of Patagonia, and was in- 

 troduced in 1847, but we believe flowered here, for the 

 first time, last winter. In England it is a hardy plant, and 

 stands out wherever the fuchsia will live in the open air. A 

 brief notice of it will be found in our Vol. for 1849, p. 222. 



Two years the plants 

 were in our collection 

 before they began to 

 bloom, and we began to 

 fear it would not be so 

 desirable an addition as 

 we had supposed from 

 the representation of the 

 colored drawing ; but our 

 fears have been fully 

 dispelled ; under the 

 treatment we gave it last 

 year, it began to bloom 

 in January, and is now 

 covered with blossoms 

 and seed-pods. Its culti- 

 vation is simple, if the 

 habit and climate of 

 the plant are well 

 known ; and as a flower 

 so beautiful, should be 

 in every collection, we 

 give such directions as 

 will enable every ama- 

 teur to attain a good de- 



Fig.'Ul. Mitraria coccinea. grOC of SUCCCSS. 



PROPAGATION. 



Young plants are as freely raised from cuttings as the 

 fuchsia ; select well-ripened wood of this year's growth, 

 and insert them in sand in a slight bottom heat, similar to 

 that for fuchsias. They will root freely in a short time, and 

 should then be potted off" in a light soil, composed of leaf- 



