JULY, 



119 



leaf, one bog soil, one peat, and one cally sand. 

 Keep them in the dung heat until they have made 

 fresh roots, when remove them into the warmest 

 part of the bark bed in the flower-house ; shift 

 them as they fill their pots, until they are in No. 

 32. This plant does not require much water. 



RUELLIA CILIATA. 

 Class, Didynamia. Order, Angiosperma. 



AcONTHACE^E. 



Native of the East Indies, 1806.— Propagation, 

 cuttings. 



This charming little plant, which is too much 

 neglected, and but seldom seen except in nurseries, 

 commences blooming in May, and continues until 

 September. The soil most suitable for its growth 

 is two thirds peat, and one third maiden loam. 

 The proper time for propagating it is in March, 

 making choice of the young shoots, with a little of 

 the last year's wood. Plunge the pot in a dung 

 bed with no bottom heat ; as soon as the cuttings 

 are rooted, pot them off in thumb pots, and keep 

 pinching off the end of the shoots to keep the plant 

 bushy, which should never be above a foot high. 

 It is very subject to damp, and should be kept in 

 a dry airy part of the greenhouse. It should be 

 watered with great care. 



Or. EDWARDS, 

 Layerthorpe, York. 



