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recommend it to notice, but it is, moreover, a very 

 free blooming plant : the flowers are produced at 

 the terminations of the young shoots. 



Soil. — It flourishes in sandy peat, with a good 

 proportion of fibre in it. The drainage must be 

 complete, otherwise it is liable to perish. Place it 

 in the greenhouse, near the glass, where it will 

 receive a free circulation of air. Keep it in the 

 greenhouse all the year. 



Water.— A moderate supply, but do not allow 

 it to flag for want of it. 



It is propagated by cuttings, which strike well, 

 if planted in peat and cally sand of equal quanti- 

 ties, and placed in a gentle bottom heat, without a 

 bell glass. The cuttings must be of the half 

 ripened wood, cut close off to the stem, and in- 

 serted without removing any of the globular knobs 

 or leaves. 



GNAPHALIUM EXIMIUM. 

 Class, Syngekesia. Order, Superflua. 



Composite. 



Native of Cape of Good Hope. — Propagation, 

 cuttings. 



This noble greenhouse plant is deserving a place 

 in every choice collection for its fine showy flowers, 

 which it produces from May to August. It will 

 not thrive unless placed in a situation where there 

 is a free circulation of air. As its leaves are 



