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slightly swollen at the joints, with narrow oval 
leaves of thick texture and hard glossy surface, 
drawn out to a blunt point. It is only sub- 
evergreen, and if neglected becomes drawn and 
naked. To avoid this it should be 
freely pinched and well fed and is 
then a handsomegreenhouse shrub, 
flowering profusely in spring and 
early summer. The flowers appear 
upon the side-shoots and in the 
leaf -axils, the long orange -red 
tubes swollen in the centre and 
deeply two-lobed, the upper lobe 
erect and narrow, the lower curled 
in a spiral and notched. Easily 
raised from cuttings of the soft 
side shoots. Syns. Dic/iptera scor- 
pioides^Drejera Willdenowiana^ Ser- 
icographis Mohintli. 
y. paucijiora. — An old green- 
house plant better known as Li- 
bonta jioribunda^ now less grown 
than formerly. It is a pretty little 
shrub of I to 3 feet, neat in habit, 
and leafy as a dwarf Box. The yel- 
low and red flowers are very wel- 
come in autumn and winter, open- 
ing from October to January or 
even later according to treatment, 
and long enduring. It requires 
careful handling, the leaves being 
sensitive to drought, changes of 
temperature, fog, and gaslight, 
and the plants never quite recover 
their loss. Some growers plant 
out the newly-rooted cuttings 
in prepared beds under frames, 
where air or warmth can be given 
at will, and the lights removed 
for awhile during August and 
part of September, when the 
plants are potted and flowered in 
gentle heat. Others grow them 
in pots in a cold frame during 
summer, allowing air and less 
water towards autumn, for the 
ripening which alone induces a good show of 
flower. This plan has its advantages but the 
pots should be plunged to the rim, constant 
moisture being needed while in growth, and 
syringing to avoid red spider. Weak liquid 
manure and soot-water are used to stimulate 
free growth in small pots. Cuttings may be 
made in spring, or for larger plants may be 
taken in summer and repotted early in the year. 
JACOBINIA POHLIANA. 
Well grown old plants are handsome for con- 
servatory decoration. In the south of Europe 
this is a favourite shrub, often a yard or more 
high, always neat, and beautiful when in flower. 
Brazil. 
