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THE MIXED GREEXHOrSE, 



under a glass. A peat and loam soil is sufficient for it. The roots 

 should be kept dry during \v-inter, lil^e the Dahha, but kept in the pot. 



ARCTOTIS AXD GAZANIA 



Are botli increased by separation at the roots, and also by cuttings, 

 which grow freely in a soil composed of peat and loam, 



ERYTHRIXA, CRISTA-GALLI, AND LAURIFOLIA, 



Are plants of great beaut^r, lasting long in flower. The roots should be 

 kept dormant during winter, and excited about the end of Februar)-, when 

 young cuttings will be obtained fi'om the numerous shoots that they will 

 send up. Tliese, taken off close to the root, and planted singly into small 

 pots filled ^Ith sand and placed in a mild heat, will root freely, and if 

 forwai'ded in the hot-bed or stove will flower the same season. But the 

 best flowers will be obtained from the old plants, which can scarcely be 

 put into too large a pot, and placed in the greenhouse. So hardy are 

 both species that they will stand out of doors planted in the ground with 

 a very shght protection. A rich soil should be given to them, as that 

 ^YiW add much to their size, and to the beauty of the spikes of flowers. 



BRUGMAXSIA, 



This genus is readily increased by cuttings taken off when quite young 

 from near the root. If planted in any hght, rich soil, they wiU grow 

 rapidly. They require repeated shifting, because the larger the plant 

 can be grown befwe flowering the better. 



CLERODENDROX, 



Of this genus the species C.fragram is a beautiful and fragi*ant green- 

 house plant, although generally kept in the stove. It is readily propa- 

 gated by cuttings of the young wood, placed in a warm situation. A hght, 

 rich soil is requisite to have this plant in peilection. 



HUMEA 



Is increased by seeds sown early in spring, and treated like any pot- 

 cultivated annual. It often flowers the first season., but always the next. 



