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GARDOQUIA HOOKERI. 
time in flower. Mr. Bows' gardener calling- at Chatsworth, about twelve months 
ag-o, informed us that to ensure a good growth and a free state of flowering, it is 
necessary to keep the plant almost constantly excited, and to do this no place is 
better adapted than a greenhouse kept rather close. A plant at Chatsworth kept in 
the stove, assumes a delicate and drawn appearance, while others in a small house, 
intermediate between that and the greenhouse, look healthy, form handsome plants, 
flowering abundantly and richly from the latter part of May until late in October. 
It grows well in a mixture of loam and peat, but of the latter only a small 
quantity is required, if the former be open and contain a little sand ; watering 
appears to be a point calling for particular attention, this should never be adminis- 
tered with an immoderate hand, but at all times given with much care and caution ; 
equal attention is necessary in draining the pots, which should be done with reduced 
potsherds, not broken too small;, but left sufficiently large to take off freely any 
superabundant moisture. Cuttings planted in sand make roots with little trouble, 
if a hand or bellglass be placed over them and the pot receive a gentle bottom heat. 
The genus* was dedicated by Ruiz and Pavon to Don Diego Gardoqui, Minister 
of Finance under Charles the Fourth of Spain, who greatly promoted the publication 
of the Flora Peruviana. 
* D. Don. 
