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RUSSELIA JUNCEA. 
house, where the thermometer ranges between fifty and sixty degrees, except in 
the summer, when it of course in hot weather rises higher. It delights in good 
sandv loam mixed with about one-third peat and a little sand. It should have 
plenty of pot room, and when growing a good supply of water. It is advantageous 
in growing plants of this species to syringe them frequently, in order to prevent 
the appearance of insects, as they are rather subject to the ravages of these intru- 
ders if not attentively watched. Young plants are obtained with great faciHty 
from cuttings of the half-ripened branches, simply prepared, and put in a pot of 
sand, or sandy mould, with a glass over them, and the pot put in a little bottom 
heat. It may be easily procured of any of the London or country nurserymen 
that trade in hot-house plants. 
The generic name is given after Dr. Alexander Russel, an English physician 
who resided for some years at Aleppo, and published an account of his observa 
tions upon the Natural History of that place, in the year 1756. 
