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GUIDE TO THE CONSERVATORY. 



ECHIUM FASTUOSUM, BLUE. 

 Class, Pentandria. Order, Monogynia. 



BoRAGINEjE. 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope, 1 759. — - 

 Propagation, seeds and cuttings. 



This is a most charming early flowering shrub. 

 Its chief beauty is in its fine noble spike of flowers, 

 differing from plants in blossom at this season of the 

 year. Pot into large pots as soon as they have 

 done blooming, in strong rich soil. Keep up a 

 succession of young plants, and throw the old ones 

 away. 



GAZANIA PAVONIA, YELLOW, DARK CENTRE. 

 Class, Syngenesia Polygamia. Order, Frustranea. 

 Composite. 



Native^of Cape of Good Hope, 1804. — Propa- 

 gation, cuttings. 



A delightful little greenhouse plant of easy cul- 

 ture. It requires to be grown in bog, with a little 

 loam and cally sand, and to be kept near the glass. 



GENISTA CANARIENSIS, YELLOW. 

 Class, Monadelphia. Order, Decandria. 



Leguminosje. 

 Native of the Canaries, 1812. — Propagation, 

 seeds and cuttings. 



Requires the same treatment as the Coronella. 



