No. 259. 
ALLAMANDA CATHARTICA. 
Class, Order, 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
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This fine plant was named by Linnæus 
d, 
mi md un A the 
and supporting itself 
by them to a considerable height. Ha 
flowers there in September, which is also 
the season for it in this country, into 
which it was introduced in 1785. The 
capsule is large and prickly, containing a 
number of flat seeds: the whole plant is 
milk 
y. 
It must be kept in the stove during the 
greater part of the year, and planted in 
loam and peat earth: it may be readily 
increased by cuttings. 
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