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good fibrous peat, with a good quantity of sharp sand, and 

 drainage should always be ample. It must be placed in an 

 airy position, and great care must be taken not to allow the 

 roots to become dry ; while it must not be kept warm by 

 means of artificial heat, and a daily sprinkling with water in 

 spring and summer will be conducive to health, and will 

 assist in keeping off the thrips (Thrips adonidum), which 

 are especially injurious to this plant. It is a compact- 

 growing shrub, producing its coppery green serrated leaves 

 sometimes in pairs, but more frequently in whorls ; and the 

 dense terminal Spirsea-like flower spikes are of a pinkish 

 white colour. It blooms during May and June, and is 

 highly ornamental. It is indeed one of our very best 

 greenhouse plants for exhibition purposes. Native of New 

 Holland. 



Adenandra. 



A genus of handsome dwarf compact-growing Eutaceous 

 shrubs, all natives of the Cape of Good Hope. The soil 

 best adapted for them is good sandy peat, mixed with a 

 small quantity of turfy loam. They are plants of a very 

 ornamental character when in flower, and are very service- 

 able for exhibition purposes. 



A. fragmns. — The leaves of this plant are small, spread- 

 ing, somewhat oblong in shape, dark green in colour, full of 

 glandular dots. The flowers are rose-coloured, and sweet- 

 scented. It blooms during May and June. 



A. speciosa. — A handsome species, with dark green, oblong, 

 revolute leaves, slightly fringed at the margins. The largo 

 pink-coloured flowers are produced in terminal umbels, dur- 

 ing the months of April, May, and June. 



A. uniflora. — In this species the leaves are dark greeCj 

 oblong-lanceolate, with the edges slightly turned back. The 



