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sand, they are usually propagated. They flower from July 

 to August, and I. microphy'lla all the year. 



Tephrosia grandifldra, stridciy and pollens^ are Cape 

 shrubs, flowering in May and June, which may be treated 

 like Indigdfera. 



Astra' GALUs tomentdsus and Chinensis, an Egyptian and 

 Chinese perennial, which flower in June and July, grow in 

 sandy loam, and are increased by dividing at the root or by 

 seeds. 



Da'lea Lagdpus, a Mexican annual, which flowers in 

 October and November, and may be raised on heat, and 

 then transplanted into small pots of light rich soil for the 

 green-house. 



VsoRA^L-E k pinndta, A. R. 474. 



P. odoratissima. 

 P. verrucosa. 



P. aculeata.B.R. 146, B. M. 

 2158. 



P. bradedta, B. M. 446. 

 P. spicdta, A. R. 411. 

 P. aphy'lla, B. M. 1727, 

 B. C. 221. 



P. multicaidis. 

 P. ienuifolia. 



P. decumhenst B. C. 282. 



P. hirta. 



P. Stdchyos. 



P. repens. 



P. bitumindsa. 



P. glanduldsa, B. M. 990. 



P. pedunculdta, B. R. 228. 



P. palcestina. 



P. amerkdna. 



P. capitdta. 



Most of these are Cape shrubs flowering from May to 

 August : they grow in loam and peat, and are increased by 

 young cuttings or seeds which they ripen freely. 



Lo^TUs glaiicus is a Madeira biennial, and L. anthylloldes 

 a Cape shrub, both flowering in July and August ; and L. 

 austrdlis, B. M. 1365, is a New Holland shrub flowering 

 from May to September. Culture as in Psordlea. 



L. jacobcB^ns, B. M. 79, is a Cape Verd shrub, valuable 

 as flowering all the year. 



L. creticus, and L. hirsutus, B. M. 336, are shrubs from 



