No. 682. 
AITONIA CAPENSIS. 
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Class. Order. 
MONADELPHIA OCTANDRIA. 
Pee saseae 
A native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
where it was found by Thunberg, and intro- 
duced in 1774 by Masson. The younger 
Linneus named it in honour of Mr. W. 
Aiton, late gardener to his Majesty at Kew. 
It succeeds best planted out in the fall 
ground in a conservatory, in which situation 
we have had it attain the height of seven or 
eight feet, flowering throughout the greater 
part of the year, and sometimes ripening 
seeds, by which it may be best increased, as 
it is difficult to get cuttings of it to strike 
root. 
The soil should be sandy peat, and it 
must be protected from frost. 
