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GUIDE TO THE CONSERVATORY. 



Lobelia propinqua, azu 

 rea, grandiflora, spe 

 ciosa, Millerii. 



Heterophylla. 



Mimosa. 



Ruellia ciliata. 

 Serissa fcetida. 

 Anigozanthos speciosa. 

 Barringtonia speciosa. 



ALPIXIA NUTANS. 



ClaSS, MONANDRIA. 



Order, Moxogynia. 



SciT AMINES. 



Native of East Indies. — Propagation, division. 



This plant must be kept in constant growth in 

 order to bring it into flower. The young plants, 

 if strong ones, should be potted three in a pot, 

 using No. 8 size, in the month of May, and pre- 

 served in a growing state until October, then 

 shifted into No. 6, and plunged up to the rim in the 

 tan ; they will grow vigorously, and flower about 

 this time the summer following. A great number 

 of suckers are generally produced from the root ; 

 these should be cut away as they appear. When 

 the flowering season is over, place the plant again 

 in the flower-house, allowing the old stems to re- 

 main until the following May, at which time each 

 plant will have made a strong shoot, then cut away 

 the old stem and any buds which may appear in the 

 roots. Repot as before in the following soil : two 

 parts loam, one part dung, one bog soil, with about 

 one sixth part rough sand. 



