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should be potted in strong loam and river sand. Very 

 little water will be necessary when not growing, but at the 

 time they are making new growth a liberal, supply is 

 necessary, both from the watering-can and the syringe.. 

 These plants will frequently stand several years without 

 making fresh growth, but this should not be a source of 

 uneasiness to the amateur, as it appears quite natural for- 

 them to stand thus, and nothing, as far as our experience- 

 goes, can artificially force them into growth. Increased; 

 by seeds. 



jE. Altensteinii. — This is a very handsome plant, with a ■ 

 stout stem ; leaves pinnate, from two to six feet in length ; ; 

 petioles much swollen at the base, which causes the leaves ■ 

 to stand somewhat wide apart ; pinnse coriaceous, oblong- • 

 acuminate, about six inches long, and one inch broad, dark 

 green above, paler below, armed at the apex and edges •• 

 with long sharp spines. Native of the Cape of Good. 

 Hope. 



JE. brachyphyllus, — Stem stout ; petioles thickly clothed' 

 with a short tomentum ; leaves pinnate, spreading, the ■ 

 pinnK continued down the rachis to within six inches of ' 

 the base. The erect pinnse are some five inches long, 

 and barely a quarter of an inch wide, stiff, and armed at • 

 the point with a sharp spine. The whole plant is of a 

 bluish green tinge, paler on the under side. This is a 

 very handsome species, with somewhat the habit of Oyeas 

 revoluta. Native of South Africa. 



E. caffer. — This is the species from which the Caffre^ 

 tribes of South Africa make the Caffre bread. The stems 

 are from eight to eighteen feet in height, and thred or four- 

 in circumference, clothed at the crown with numerous 

 abortive scales. From the summit of this massive trunk 

 arise the leaves, which are pinnate, three to four feet in.. 



