GUIDE TO THE CONSERVATORY. 



IXGA HARRISII. 

 Class, Pol yg ami A, Order, Mongbcia. 



Legtmixos.e. 

 The genus is very extensive, but this is a 

 recently introduced species,, being first known in 

 1 S3 7 in this country. The temperature in which 

 this genus flourishes is various : in its dormant 

 state it requires from 40 c to 60° ; but it should 

 never when at rest be in a lower or higher one. 

 When in a growing state, from 60° to 100° is the 

 minimum and maximum, allowing them air accord- 

 ing to the season. When growing, they do much 

 better if syringed. 



They strike very freely from cuttings of the 

 half ripened wood ; the best time for taking which 

 is from March to June : when rooted, pot them 

 into small 60 pots, and place them in a gentle bot- 

 tom heat ; as soon as they have filled their pots 

 with roots, shift into large 60. and replace them as 

 before ; shift again, as soon as these pots are filled 

 with roots, into No. 4S, and place them in the stove 

 where they can be shaded from the sun : in this 

 situation let them remain until they have struck 

 fresh roots, when they must be brought forward, 

 and inured by degrees to the sun's rays. They 

 should never be allowed to get pot-bound, as that 

 is detrimental to their flowering freely. 



The best compost for this species is very light 

 turfy loam, leaf soil, and decomposed dung, of 



