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GUIDE TO THE CONSERVATORY. 



of water, with a stove heat when growing, is requi- 

 site for its successful cultivation. 



ERYTHRINA, CRISTA GALLI. 

 Class, Diadelphia. Order, Decandria, 



LEGUMINOSiE. 



Native of Brazil. — Propagation, cuttings. 



This is a very showy species, and is so hardy as 

 to live in the open air against a south wall, pro- 

 viding the wet is not allowed to enter the ground 

 in which it is planted during the winter. But it is 

 a noble object in a conservatory, particularly when 

 it commences flowering in the dull month of De- 

 cember, which it will do, and continue in bloom 

 until February, if treated as follows : — When the 

 roots are removed out of their winter quarters, for 

 which a cellar, loft, or shed is appropriated, place 

 them on the north side of a wall, laying the pots on 

 their sides ; let them remain in that situation until 

 August, at which time turn them out of their pots^ 

 shake part of the soil from their roots, and repot 

 them ; place them in a heat of about 55°, if a dung 

 heat the better ; give air during the day, attend to 

 watering and sprinkling them, and they will pro- 

 duce a fine display of blossom in this month. 



For a succession, take a number of pots, intro- 

 duce them into the flower-house or an early forcing 

 vinery in January, they will commence blooming 

 in March, and continue until June. Those in- 



