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up too high. This is a plant we strongly re- 

 commend for every greenhouse. It also blooms 

 well in the open border during the summer 

 months. It grows best in equal parts loam and 

 peat. 



BARRINGTONIA SPECIOSA. 

 Class, Diadelphia. Order, Pentandria. 

 Myrtaceje. 



Native of the East Indies, 1786. — Propagation, 

 cuttings. 



A noble plant, with fine shining leaves and most 

 beautiful purple and white flowers. It attains the 

 height of ten or fifteen feet before it blooms. 



The heat of the house in which it is placed 

 should vary from 50° to 60 9 during the winter, and 

 should be very dry. It should have no more water 

 than will keep its roots fresh and healthful : in the 

 beginning of May, heat and moisture must be in- 

 creased and continued until October. The chief 

 point to be attended to in growing and flowering 

 plants is to give them a season of rest, by keeping 

 them cool and very dry during winter : they are 

 then prepared to put forth when the growing 

 season commences, which cannot be the case if 

 they are always kept in an excited state through- 

 out the year. 



