No. 892. 
BANKSIA PALUDOSA. 
Class, Order. 
TETRANDRIA MONOGY NIA. 
A native of New South Wales, whence 
it was introduced, according to the Kew 
catalogue, in 1805. 
It is a low spreading plant of slow growth, 
and produces abundance of flowers when 
about two feet high: they come out at the 
ends of the branches, butit being a year 
or more from the time of the bud appear- 
ing till the flowers open, lateral branches 
are usually grown round the spike. 
The leaves are partly verticillate, slender 
towards the base, toothed, and the edges 
rolled over: their under sides are white, 
in beautiful order. 
It requires the greenhouse, and is not 
very tender: it may be increased by cut- 
tings, although with difficulty: the soil 
should be sandy peat. 
