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used is a mixture of loam and peat, one-third part of the latter, and two-thirds of the 
former; after potting-, they are placed in the greenhouse, where they are kept 
during- the winter, at which season they require a very moderate supply of water, 
only sufficient to preserve them from getting- too dry, hut not to let them get satu- 
rated with water, as too much of this will prove highly injurious ; attention is also 
paid to temperature, and in very severe weather fire heat is used^ but only when it 
is absolutely necessary to keep out the frost ; under this treatment they are kept 
till the flowering season, with as good a supply of air and light as the weather and 
the situation of the house will admit of. After the flowering season is over, the 
propagation is commenced, and although this is carried on occasionally the whole of 
the year, yet this is the time that it is practised to the greatest extent, as it is de- 
sirable that they should undergo this operation before they commence growing, 
that they may get sufficiently strong to flower the ensuing season ; at this season 
also it is necessary that the plants have a little artificial heat to enable them to ma- 
ture their young and newly formed wood, and to form their flower buds in greater 
perfection. 
We have thus given a few hints respecting Messrs. Chandler's mode of culti- 
vating this highly beautiful and much admired genus, and we would now add that 
where there is an abundance of room, and the house is sufficiently high, it is ad- 
visable to plant them out in the greenhouse or conservatory in a border pre- 
pared for the purpose, as under this treatment they will attain to a greater degree 
of perfection than if confined to a pot ; but, if room is an object, and the green- 
house or conservatory is necessarily a low one, it is better to keep them in pots, as 
otherwise they would grow too rapidly, and soon become too large for a small house 
to contain them. In conclusion, we would just say that our reason for bringing 
these remarks before our readers was, that Messrs. Chandler have so long been 
famed for growing Camellias, and we think that any of our readers who have seen 
their collection, will join with us in saying they are deservedly so. 
NEW AND RARE PLANTS, 
FIGURED IN THE LEADING BOTANICAL PERIODICALS FOR MAY. 
CLASS I PLANTS WITH TWO COTYLEDONS (DICOTYLEDONE^). 
THE COFFEE TRIBEi^ (ciNCHON ACE^). 
Gardenia pannea. Cloth-leaved Gardenia. A handsome South American 
stove shrub, with dull wrinkled leaves, and dingy yellow flowers, destitute of smell. 
It seldom produces its blossom in this country. Bot. Reg. 1952. 
the poppy tribe (papaverace^). 
Platystigma lineare. Linear-leaved Platystigma. One of the prettiest of 
all little annuals. A native of California ; thence seeds were forwarded to St. 
Petersburgh, from the Russian settlements there. It has very graceful cups of 
white and yellow, like those of a ranunculus, but far more gay. Dr. Lindley is 
