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until February. I give but little water during the 

 winter months. 



This genus requires to be matured by a quick 

 growth. 



LAGERSTRGEMIA INDICA. 

 Class, Polyandria. Order, Monogynia, 



Salicarle. 



Native of the East Indies, 1759. — Propagation, 

 cuttings, suckers. 



Mr. J.Rheynolds, who has flowered this fine stove 

 shrub with great success, treats it in the following 

 manner. Having a young healthy plant, in the 

 early part of March, he shifts it into the next size 

 pot ; as soon as this pot is full of roots, he con- 

 tinues the same process of shifting until it is in 

 No. 16, in which pot he allows it to remain during 

 the winter. In the early part of the ensuing March, 

 he turns the plant out of its pot, shakes off part 

 of the old soil from the roots, and repots in No. 

 8, in which it remains to blossom. 



Water. — Supply it moderately in the summer, 

 but give it only a little in the winter. Place the 

 plant in as cold a situation as you have in the 

 flower-house ; but from March, until it flowers, let 

 it occupy the warmest part of the house. In pre- 

 paring old established plants, shake most of the 

 old soil from the roots, and pot in as small pots as 



