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GARDOQUIA MULTIFLORA. 
tained, tliey were most erroneously, and, as subsequent observation has proved, to 
their great detriment, confined to the stove. This naturally occasioned a weakness 
and smallness of all their parts, which is quite foreign to their native character. 
The more recent, and unquestionably the more satisfactory, because congenial 
practice, is to place them in a far cooler house : indeed, G. multiflora is occa- 
sionally transplanted to the open ground, where it displays an extraordinary degree 
of exuberance. 
Another matter in which cultivators have too often erred, is the amount of 
nutritive substance which the soil should contain ; a too innutritions and sterile 
compost having been usually supplied. In this respect, the more immediate subject 
of present remark thrives best in a rather rich loamy soil, with only a small portion 
of sandy heath- mould incorporated. In potting, too much space should not be 
allowed to remain unoccupied by the roots, nor should they by any means be 
confined. To avoid both these extremes, the plants must be frequently shifted, 
employing a pot of only one size larger at each removal. 
This plant may be ^increased with as much facility as any of the Fuchsias, a 
very trifling heat and exceedingly little trouble being required. If cuttings are 
struck in the early part of the autumn, they will be admirably adapted for the 
greenhouse or the flower-garden in the ensuing summer ; and although they some- 
times commence blooming in May, they are seldom destitute of flowers till the 
approach of winter. 
We believe it has been grown in some of our leading nursery establishments for 
about four years ; but it has only very recently been generally cultivated. Its 
native country is Chili, in the province of Concepcion. 
The plant from which the annexed figure was prepared, flowered in great 
perfection in the Conservatory of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, at Chiswick, 
under the skilful care of Mr. C. Edmonds. 
The derivation of the generic name will be found in that of D. Diego Gardoqui, 
a celebrated Spaniard, to whom the genus was dedicated. 
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