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PROTEACEAE 



The cultivation of South African Proteaceae in Euro- 

 pean conservatories appears to be attended with great 

 difficulties. Protect speciosa is recorded as 



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76. Proteaceae. A. Leucadendron argenteuvi (L.) R. Br. 1. Ripe nut with persistent 

 style and calyx. 2. Piece of epidermis of leaf with one of the hairs. 20/ 1. 3. 

 Seedling. /;. Hypocotyl. a. Cotyledons. B. Protea grandiflora Thunb. Section 

 of leaf with stoma, c. Cuticle, covered with wax. e. Epidermis, sc. Scleren- 

 chyma. C. Protea ner'i'tfol'ia R. Br. Nut, long, section. D. Protea rosacea L. 

 Long, section through capitulum. E. Faurea saligna Harv. 1. Flower, open. 

 2. Bud, just before opening. 5/1. F. Serruria Burmannii R. Br. 1. Nut. 2/1. 

 2. Nut in long, section. 3/1. (The block of this illustration is smaller than 

 contemplated by the artist, hence the magnifications are only 2/3 of what is stated.) 



raised from seed and finally flowered at Kensington in 

 1800. Numerous others were cultivated at the same 

 period by Geo. Hibbert at Clap ham, but at present this is 

 rarely done. Protea cynaroides was seen by us in flower 

 at Kew in May 191 1, but the shoots were thin and slender, 

 over 10 feet high and tied up against a trellis, not stout 

 and robust as on the wild plant. (Plate 22.) 



