No, 294, 
POLYGALA TERETIFOLIA. 
Class, Order, 
DIADELPHIA OCTANDRIA. 
This was discovered by Thunberg at the 
Cape, and was first introduced into this 
country about the year 1791. It flowers 
during the summer months, and makes an 
elegant appearance, there being a beauty in 
its colour which is perfectly inimitable. 
In the winter it should be kept in the green- 
house, and is by no means tender : we have 
planted it against the back wall, where it 
thrives, and has grown about four feet high; 
but we have not yet been able to increase 
it, having tried cuttings many times in 
vain: the only chance is, that it may bear 
seed, which it does not seem at all likely to 
do. The soil should be loam and peat. 
