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some plant, which grows in sandy loam and peat, and very 

 young cuttings will root in sand under a bell, care being 

 taken to prevent their damping off. 



Bapti^sia. perfolidta, perfoliate Baptisia, a perennial from 

 Carolina, flowering in August. It is a plant of no beauty, 

 growing in peat loam, and increased by cuttings or dividing 

 at the root. 



PoDALY^RiA myrtifolia, myrtle-leaved Podaly^ria. 



P. huxifolia, box-leaved, 



B. C. 649. 

 P. olecefdlia, olive-leaved. 

 P. hirsicta, hairy. 

 P. corddfa, heart-leaved. 



P. serzcea, silky, B. M. 1923. 

 P. cuneifolia, wedge-leaved. 

 P. bifldra, two -flowered, 



B. M. 753. 

 P. caly^ptrafa, one-flowered. 

 V.styracifdlia, storax-leaved, 



B. M. 1580. 



These are all pretty Cape plants, flowering from March 

 to June : they grow in loam and peat, are increased by 

 ripened cuttings, and sometimes perfect seeds. 



Chorize^ma ilicifdlia, holly-leaved Chorizema. 



C. nana, dwarf, B. M. 1032. 

 C. rhdmbea, few-flowered. 



These are pretty New Holland shrubs, flowering from 

 February to June or later. They grow in sandy loam and 

 peat, and produce abundance of seeds. 



PoDOLO^BiUM trilohhtum, B. M. 1477, a shrub from 

 New South Wales, flowering from April to July ; and which 

 may be treated like Chorizema. 



OxYLO^BiuM arbor escens, B. R, 392, B. C. 163, and O. 

 elUpticum, are Van Diemen shrubs. 



O. cordifdlium, A. R. 494, B. M. 1544, is a New Hol- 

 land shrub. The three species flower from April to August ; 

 they grow in sandy loam and peat, and may be increased 

 by young cuttings in sand under a bell, or by seeds which 

 they sometimes ripen. 



