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have room, are very hardy, and are increased by cut- 

 tings planted in sand under a bell. 

 Chironia JasminoldeSy B. R. 197. 

 C.linioides, B. M. 511. 

 a haccifera, B. M. 233. 

 C. frutescens, B. M. 37. 



Showy lake-coloured flowers on elegant little 

 spongy-wooded light green shrubs, which grow in 

 peat soil, and are rather difficult to strike by cuttings. 

 Eutajcia myrtifoUa, B. M. 1274. Deep orange pea 



flowers on an elegant evergreen shrub with 



myrtle-like leaves, and of easy culture in loam 



and peat, propagated by cuttings. 



September to December. 



PJildmis Lychmtes, B. M. 999. A sage-leaved 

 whitish rugose plant with singular flame-coloured 

 flowers. It grows best in sandy loam, or loam and 

 lime rubbish kept dry. 



Celsia Arcturus. 



a Cretica, B. M. 964. 



C. lanceolata. 

 Biennial plants with brilliant scarlet, red, and 



whitish flowers which come out in abundance for three 



or four months together. Any soil suits these plants ; 



and they will live if protected by a cold frame, though 



in that situation they do not flower freely. They are 



readily increased by cuttings or seeds. 



Gorddnia Lasimthus, B. M. 668. Fine large yel^ 



