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55deg. to 65deg. is sufficient. The following species and 

 varieties are all desirable, and will produce a good variety of 

 colours : I. amabilis, I. coccinea superba, I. Co/ei, I. crocata 

 rutilans, I. Dixiana, I. Buffi, I. Pilgrimii, Prince of Orange, 

 I: Westii, and 1. Williamsii. 



Justicia. — Sub-shrubby plants easily raised from cuttings in 

 spring, and growing freely in equal parts loam, peat, and leaf- 

 mould, with a little sand added. J. carnea, from Rio Janeiro, 

 flesh-coloured ; J. coccinea, from South America, scarlet ; and 

 J. speciosa, from East India, purple, are well worth growing 

 for autumn- and winter-flowering. 



Lasiandra macrantha floribunda. — -This is a lovely plant 

 from Tropical America, and a very free-flowering species if care 

 be taken to obtain the right sort. It is a plant of elegant habit, 

 with bright green leaves, and magnificent rich deep purple 

 flowers 5 in. across. Cuttings strike freely in the spring, and may 

 be potted on in a compost of equal parts peat and turfy-loam 

 with a free admixture of silver-sand. As the shoots grow they 

 must be frequently pinched to make them branch and form 

 nice plants until the flowering season approaches, when the 

 pinching must be discontinued. 



Libonia floribunda. — A neat, small, evergreen shrub from 

 Brazil, easily propagated by cuttings in spring and growing freely 

 in peat, loam, leaf-mould, and sand in about equal proportions. 

 The shoots do not require much pinching, as the plant is naturally 

 of a compact, short-jointed, branching habit. It comes from a 

 rather high elevation, and consequently does not need great heat, 

 but will thrive very well in a warm pit or frame during the 

 summer and may be transferred in the autumn to the stove, 

 where it will produce its pretty tubular scarlet and yellow flowers 

 freely all through the winter months. Red Spider is apt to be 

 troublesome if the plants are not kept syringed during the 

 growing season. Attention should be given to keep this pest in 

 check, for the leaves will lose their brightness and even fall off 

 if this be neglected. L. Penrhosiensis is a pretty hybrid variety 

 obtained by crossing L. floribunda with Sericographis Ghiesbreght- 

 iana. Like its parents, it is a very ornamental and useful winter- 

 flowering plant, and its bright crimson funnel-shaped flowers are 

 freely produced. 



Linum trygynum is an Indian evergreen shrub, with ovate 

 or lance-shaped leaves and large bright yellow flowers i|in. in 

 diameter, which are produced in great abundance throughout 

 the winter months. It is an old favourite, of easy culture if 

 care be taken to keep down Red Spider, to which it is peculiarly 

 liable if neglected. It should be frequently syringed when 

 growing to maintain it in good health. Root-cuttings or young 

 shoots soon produce neat , little plants if grown in' equal parts 



