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JACARANDA MIMOSIFOLIA. 
when allowed to grow to a stately tree. The plant from which we were cour- 
teously permitted to prepare our figure, in the Nursery of Messrs. Henderson, of 
Pine-apple Place, last April, was not more than fifteen inches in height, including 
the terminal panicle of flowers represented. This plant was one of a number (now 
on sale) raised the previous year from cuttings having no more than a single bud 
on each. These were obtained from shoots near the upper extremity of a large 
specimen. 
The most approved system of culture is that which affords to the plant a warm 
and moist atmosphere, with a gentle bottom-heat, and a liberal supply of water, 
whilst in a progressive state. But as 
soon as the shoots cease to extend 
rapidly, the proportion of these ele- 
ments must be diminished in the same 
ratio, and to improve the propensity 
to develop flowers profusely, the soil 
must be kept in a comparatively dry 
state throughout the winter season. 
The shoots must be pruned back as 
soon as the flowers fade. The most 
suitable soil is composed of about 
equal parts of loam and peat, to which 
may be added a little silver sand, and 
a portion of decayed leaves in a par- 
tially reduced state. 
It is a native of Brazil, and was 
first added to the collections in this 
country in 1818. 
Jacaranda is the native appellation 
of /. hrasiliensis, and has been con- 
tinued to the genus by modern bo- 
tanists. The specific name alludes to 
the great similarity in the foliage to 
some species of Mimosa. 
