No. 285. 
METROSIDEROS SPECIOSA. 
Class. Order. 
ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
This showy plant is a native of New 
South Wales ; it was introduced about the 
year 1812. Its rich and splendid flowers 
as by cuttings, we have been enabled to in- 
erease it. 
It is a very suitable plant for a conser- 
vatory; as when allowed the liberty of the 
full ground, its spikes of flowers are larger 
and much more numerous than when con- 
fined in a pot. 
The soil should be loam and peat: the 
common green-house protection is sufficient 
in the winter, and the plant likes rather a 
large allowance of water. 
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