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to bring them to perfection: — strike cuttings early 

 in the spring, pot them off in No. 60 pots when 

 well rooted, and shift them as they require it ; they 

 will blossom this month. They should be kept in 

 the coolest part of the flower-house and suffered to 

 be in a dormant state during the winter. About 

 the beginning of the following March, let a portion 

 of the old soil be shaken from the roots, repot 

 them in pots proportionate to their size ; shift them, 

 when these pots are filled with roots, into the next 

 size, then place them in the warmest part of the 

 flower-house ; they will flower in June or July : for 

 successional bloom, let them be potted in April, 

 May, and June, and a fine show of blossom will fol- 

 low. Cut down the old shoots at the time of fresh 

 potting them. 



Soil. — Loam, dung, and peat, with about one 

 sixth rough sand. 



CALOTHAMNUS QUADRIFIDA. 



Class, Polyadelphia. Order, Polyandria. 

 Myrtaceje. 



Native of New T Holland, 1803.— Propagation, 

 seeds, cuttings. 



This shrub, from the peculiar character of its 

 flowers and general appearance, is well worthy a 

 place in every collection. It requires but little 

 care, and should be treated as a common greenhouse 

 plant. It flowers in abundance. 



