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this is accomplished the plants should be removed to a cool 

 house during winter. This regime will induce vigorous growth 

 when they are placed in heat the following spring. The 

 shrubby kinds will thrive well under the same treatment, but 

 instead of being spurred in the pruning, they must annually be 

 cut hard down to the old wood. 



C. Bethunianum. — A fine stove shrub, producing large 

 cordate-acuminate leaves, which are smooth above. The 

 panicle is large, terminal, thyrsoidly-pyramidal, the bracts, 

 pedicles, and calyces being all coloured ; the flowers are 

 crimson, with a white spot on the upper, and a purple one 

 on the two lateral lobes. It is a native of Borneo. 



C. fallax. — An erect-growing shrub, with large cordate- 

 ovate opposite leaves, which are slightly lobed, and of a dark 

 green colour. The panicles are terminal, erect, and profusely 

 laden with its bright scarlet flowers. It blooms during August 

 and September. Native of Java. 



C. J'raijrans ideniflorum. — This plant resembles C.fallax in 

 general appearance, but the leaves are not lobed, and are 

 more of a roundish-ovate or obovate shape. The flowers are 

 produced in compact heads, and are white, sufi'used with pink, 

 and deliciously fragrant. It blooms during the late summer 

 and early autumn months. Native of China. 



C. infortunatum. — Like the other shrubby species we have 

 cited, this is a gorgeous plant when in flower. It blooms 

 while comparatively dwarf, and has bold roundish- cordate 

 glossy dark green leaves, and coloured panicles of large vivid 

 scarlet flowers. It was introduced from Ceylon, of which 

 country and of India it is a native. 



C. paniculatum. — A magnificent stove shrub, with large 

 long-stalked cordate-hastate leaves, which are lobed at the 

 margin, and somewhat shiny above. The scarlet flowers grow 

 in a large pyramidal terminal panicle, which gives the plant a 



