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Lindlcyaniiyn, and Cyrloccrcm floribiindum. The leaves, al- 

 though variable, are opposite, somewhat coriaceous in texture, 

 and ovate in shape, tapering to the point and attenuated at 

 the base. The umbel is shghtly drooping, the flowers being 

 ■white, tipped with buff. It bloom? during the summer months, 

 and is a very desirable plant both for exhibition purposes and 

 likewise for home decoration. Native of Manilla. 



Chieita. 



C. Moonii. — A Gesneraceous plant, well deserving the 

 attention of every plant grower. It is a lovely object when 

 in flower, the blooms being tubular in shape and blue with 

 pale yellow throat, but as it requires careful treatment, it has 

 been cast away by many cultivators to make room for plants 

 of more hardy constitution. This custom is one which is 

 much to be regretted, for it leads to such plants as the pre- 

 sent, and, indeed, many others equally fine and equally 

 ornamental, being lost to the country. C, Moonii is a native 

 of Ceylon, and should be grown in a compost of fibrous peat, 

 good leaf mould, and plenty of sand. 



Cleeodendkon. 



A family of stove plants belonging to the Verbenacea, and 

 comprising two distinct groups, the one being of scandent, the 

 other of shrubby habit. The scandent ones should be potted 

 in a mixture of peat, loam, and dried cow or sheep manure, 

 with the addition of a little sand. In the summer, while the 

 plants are growing, they should have strong heat, and abun- 

 dance of water, with full exposure to light, though not so as 

 to burn the foliage. About the end of August the wood should 

 be ripened off, by giving less water, and more air ; and when 



