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POPULAR, GARDEN BOTANY. 



form a pleasing contrast ; it is found in moist rocky situa- 

 tions in Yan Diemen's Land ; nivalis is another beautiful 

 white-flowered species, the calyx is ciliated, the corolla 

 campanulate, one inch or more long, five-sided, and with 

 five divisions at the edge ; this is a most attractive species, 

 it forms a large bush, and flowers well from April for 

 several months. 



The soil most suitable for these plants is a sandy peat, 

 and they should be shifted into fresh pots before they are 

 turned out-of-doors after flowering, which treatment they 

 bear well, and it makes them produce their flowers better 

 the following season. Young cuttings should be planted 

 in autumn or spring, and will strike root readily if covered 

 by a bell-glass; these plants should be kept rather moist 

 than otherwise, and have plenty of air. As it is desirable 

 that they should be bushy in form, the upward shoots must 

 be checked by taking off the tops ; the lateral shoots will 

 then grow, and this may be repeated till the plant has be- 

 come bushy and of a handsome form, then the shoots may 

 be allowed to grow and produce flowers. It is considered 

 that slow growth is desirable, as in that case the leaves are 

 nearer each other, and have a much handsomer appearance. 

 There are many other species to be procured at the culti- 

 vators'. 



