No. 475. 
MUSA COCCINEA. 
Class. Order. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGFNIA. 
This splendid plant is a native of China 
and Cochin China, and was introduced 
about the year 1792. It flowers freely in 
the stove, usually beginning about the end 
of the year, and sometimes, if a vigorous 
plant, remaining eight or nine months be- 
fore it is quite over, the centre rising up 
and throwing out more flowers in long suc- 
sion. It has not fruited in this country we 
believe, and it is said that in its native 
country the fruit is not used. 
It ought to have a very large pot or tub, 
as we have always found that în proportion 
to the room given to the roots, will be its 
beauty, size, and duration. The soil should 
be a rich unctuous loam. After flowering, 
the stem may be cut away, as it grows no 
more, but offsets are thrown up in abun- 
dance to supply its place, and by these it 
is easily multiplied. 
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