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AR1ST0L0CHIA HYPERBOREA. 



tion of choice stove-plants, and, if trained to the roof, its beauty will be very 

 conspicuous ; while it has an additional claim upon the attention of the amateur 

 as being nearly destitute of that offensive odour so common in this natural 

 family. It is a shrub, and requires stove heat ; and to be grown, and flowered in 

 perfection, it ought either to be planted out into the pit, or have plenty of pot 

 room. The soil in which it should be potted, is that in which the genus thrives 

 best, viz. a mixture of loam, sand, and peat. It may readily be increased from 

 cuttings. 



