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BORONIA ANEMON^FOUA. 
Watering is, besides, a very important point ; and hard water always injures 
species with fine roots sooner than others, so that it should be avoided, as a source 
of mischief, with such plants as Boronias. Whenever the plant evinces a disposi- 
tion to depart from its ordinary compactness, an occasionally stopping of the shoots 
will be useful : indeed, while young, the practice may be adopted with propriety 
under any circumstances. The young shoots thus removed can be employed as 
cuttings for propagation, which is easily effected in this manner. 
Dr. Sibthorpe, a collector of plants, who had an Italian servant to accompany 
him in his tours, lost him by an accident at Athens, and commemorated his services 
in the present genus. His name was Francis Borone. 
