RE ID I A — RI VINA . 



shoots 2 to 3 inches long, inserted in pure sand, under a bell-glass, in a temperature of 

 75° to 80° in spring or summer. The plants may be grown in either pots, tubs, or 

 narrow borders, in a compost of two parts fibrous loam to a half part each of powdered 

 cow manure and sand. Train the growths to back walls of ordinary plant stoves or 

 warm greenhouses. Keep the 

 soil moist and syringe the 

 plants daily till the fruit com- 

 mences to ripen. In February 

 prune rather closely, and soon 

 afterwards either give a shift 

 or top dress with fresh com- 

 post. 



HEIDI a. — E. glacescens, 

 Java, is an elegant plant, 

 admirably adapted for table 

 decoration. It is nearly allied 

 to Phyllanthus, is propagated 

 in the same way and requires 

 the same treatment. See 

 page 19. 



Reinwardtia tetragynum. 

 — Cool stove or warm green- 

 house. For culture see Linum 

 trigynum, page 204, Vol. II. 



rivina. — Among berry 

 bearing plants of an orna- 

 mental character, K. humilis 

 (Fig. 9) is quite a gem. It is 

 a native of the Caribbee 

 Islands, attains a height of 1 to 



2 feet, branches naturally and freely, forming neat heads on a clear stem, and produces 

 racemes of small red currant-like berries abundantly, which ripen in the autumn. 

 Plants can be increased by cuttings of young shoots, inserted in small pots of sandy soil 

 in a temperature of G5° to 75° during the spring; but seedlings, which should be 



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Fig. 9. Eitina humilis. 



