No. 81. 
BORBONIA LANCEOLATA. 
Class, Order. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
This is a native ofthe Cape of Good Hope, 
whence it has been introduced many years 
ago: it flowers very freely in the spring and 
summer, the blossoms continuing a long time. 
We find it not at all tender, reguiring no 
other protection than an ordinary green- 
house: it freguently produces ripe seeds in 
thiscountry, and isalso propagated with faci- 
lity by cuttings; the soil most congenial to 
it is a mixture of loam d. This plant 
is rather apt to grow d become naked 
at bottom ; in which case it may be greatly 
improved in form, by cutting down to within 
six inches of the pot in the spring, after 
which it rarely fails to push out a number of 
vigorous healthy branches. 
