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DILLWYNIA CLAVATA. 
condition of the specimen may render it needful ; that is, so long as any tendency 
to a rambling character remains. 
The soil in which it flourishes best is a very open fibrous heath- mould, mixed 
with a little porous loam and leaf-soil. The heath-mould should be kept in lumps 
of nearly an inch square, and be so thrown into the pot as not to lie too closely 
together. The great bane of all such plants as this, is sifting the compost and 
using the finer portion, and adding a quantity of sand to even this. The species 
must not be stinted for pot-room, and should have the ball of roots placed pretty 
high in the centre of the pot. 
It is propagated readily by cuttings of the younger wood, and the spring 
prunings may usefully be employed for this purpose. 
