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| BANKSIA MARGINATA. 
TETRANDRIA 3 arose 
The e. s and magnificent genus to 
which this belongs was named, by Linnzus, 
after its first discoverer, the Right Hon. Sir 
Joseph Banks, Bart. Few, indeed, have so 
well deserved such an honour as this excellent 
and highly respected character, who, through- 
out his whole life, has ever been zealous 
in the advancement and encouragement of 
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Our present plant is a native of New South 
Wales; we raised some of it from seeds about 
the year 1805. It grows rather freely, and 
attains a considerable size, forming a very 
handsome greenhouse t. flowers 
are produced in May, from buds formed the 
preceding year, between the forks of the 
old wood. It is PERS — JR 
difficulty, by 
in a mixture of ld and peat cath. 
