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ripe, planted in a pot of sand, which should be plunged in a moist heat 
under a hand-g-lass. The double flowered varieties of Gardenia Jlo7-ida, 
and Gardenia radicans, are cultivated to a considerable extent, under 
the name of Cape Jasmine, for the beauty and fragrance of their 
flowers ; the best manner of getting these to bloom freely, is to set 
them in a close frame, on a little bottom heat, in spring, but the pots 
should not be plunged ; and in winter they may be set in the green- 
house. 
