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CASSELL'S POPOLAK GAEDENING. 



Crotok Quben Victoria. 



but remarkable for the extreme beauty of their hero enumerated C. Bamrumii and C. Siantense are 



leaves. These plants should be grown rapidly, and handsome plants. 



confined to a single stem. The soil best adapted C. magnificum. — A bold-growing plant, mth oppo- 

 f or them is peat and leaf -mould, in about equal site leaves, which are broadly-ovate acuminate, some- 

 parts, with the addition of a small portion of rich times thirty inches long, and nearly twelve inches 

 loam, and some sharp sand. They enjoy abund- broad, deep velvety-green above, with prominent 

 ance of heat and moisture. Besides the species white ribs, under-side vinous-red Tropical America. 



