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GUIDE TO THE CONSERVATORY. 



into No. 60. Shift once during the summer into 

 No. 48 ; early in February repot the plant into 

 No. 12, and place sticks or wires to train the 

 young shoots to as they advance ; and in the fol- 

 lowing year you will have an abundance of bloom 

 if the plant be kept clear from the green-fly, it 

 being very liable to be injured by that pest. 



Soil. — One part loam, one decayed wood, one 

 peat bog, with about one sixth of cally sand, 



RONDELETIA SPECIOSA. 



Rubiaceje. 



Native of Cuba. — Propagation, cuttings. 



This is a fine shrub, growing from four to five 

 feet high, and producing its flowers in most seasons 

 of the year. I received a plant early in the year, 

 potted it in No. 32 size pot, in the following soil : 

 loam, decayed wood, and peat, with about one 

 sixth part cally sand. I kept it in the stove until 

 May, when I removed it into the conservatory, 

 where it remained until September, at which 

 time I removed it into heat. The flowers are 

 slightly odorous, but in their own country they 

 emit a powerful fragrance. The colour of the 

 bloom is rosy red, with an orange coloured eye ; 

 they are about half an inch across, and put forth 

 in panicles. 



