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NERIUM OLEANDER ; var. TANGLE, 
earth should be ahke unshaded by other plants. A small amount of bottom-heat 
is of great benefit to them in the late part of the spring, while they are growing ; 
but, when they have finished their developments, they should be kept in a cool, 
airy greenhouse all the winter, and duly hardened. 
As the common Oleander inhabits humid places, both in the East Indies, and 
the South of Europe, where it is found by the margins of rivers and along the 
sea-coast, it ought to be very freely watered and syringed in the early summer 
season. And on this account, too, it should have a rather strong, loamy soil, and 
not be supplied with heath-mould or sand. Leaf-earth, mixed with the loam, will 
be serviceable. 
It is called Rose-bay, like the Rhododendron ; but it is more commonly known 
by the name of Oleander. 
The plant is propagated by cuttings ; and, from its extreme beauty, we 
calculate upon its coming into great favour. 
