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GUIDE TO THE CONSERVATORY. 



until it has perfected its growth, which will be 

 about the time the flower appears, then it must 

 again be used more sparingly, and when the foliage 

 begins to decay, it will require no more water until 

 the spring. It may then be placed upon a dry 

 shelf in the stove, where it will remain in a healthy 

 state until the return of spring, when proceed as 

 before directed. 



P. N. DON. 



JONESIA ASOCA. 

 Class, Heptandria. Order, Monogynia. 



LeGUMINOSJE. 



Native of East Indies, 1796. — Propagation, 

 cuttings. 



A beautiful shrub, bearing orange coloured flowers 

 in racemes ; it attains, in our stoves, about the 

 height of four feet. It requires to be grown very 

 strong, otherwise it does not produce flowers. 

 During the winter it should have a heat from 50° 

 to 55°, and a dry heat is indispensable to keep it 

 in good health, which should be retained from No- 

 vember to March, when moisture and heat must be 

 gradually increased. By this mode of treatment it 

 will flower freely. 



This plant must never be allowed to get pot- 

 bound or unhealthy, for if that be the case it will 

 never flower. The season of potting is from March 

 to May, and good light rich loam will be found the 

 best soil in which to grow it in vigour. 



