No, 1535. 
STRELITZIA REGINA. 
Class, Order. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGY NIA, 
sensu. 
This is a native of the Cape of Good 
Hope, and was introduced in 1773 by Sir 
Joseph Banks. It is a very magnificent 
plant, to the representation of which no 
sized paper, however large, could do ample 
justice. When preserved in a stove it 
flowers early in the year, but in the green- 
house, which we should recommend in pre- 
ference, it begins in May, and, if a vigorous 
plant, continues successively during the 
greater part of summer: our plant was 
. about five feet high. 
It may be increased occasionally by di- 
viding the roots. The soil should be sandy 
peat with a portion of loam. 
