100 DILLWYNIA GLYCINIFOLIA. 
of peat should never be employed to less than two parts of loam, and if both peat 
and loam contain a good portion of sand in themselves, little besides need be added. 
In some instances it is not necessary to use loam in the composition at all, and 
it now and then happens that less peat than loam is required ; but whether the 
proportions are necessarily equal or unequal, it is always best to incorporate such a 
quantity of sand as will be sufficient to keep the whole from binding- or setting- in 
the pot. In potting-, it is essential to pack the soil close down by the side of the 
old bale, by pressing- it with the hand or potting- stick, for if suffered to remain 
hollow or slack, the roots do not thrive. The pots should be always well drained 
at the bottom, in order to let the water pass freely. Water should not be 
administered when the soil appears full of moisture, or when it feels in the least 
soddened, especially during winter. Cuttings taken from our present subject, root 
freely in a pot of sand, with a glass placed over them. 
Dillwynia glycinifolia is greatly and justly admired by all lovers of New 
Holland plants, and certainly there is not one that has greater claims, or produces 
a more charming- effect, when in flower in the greenhouse or conservatory, with its 
slender branches, and linear ovate brownish green leaves, and profuse number of 
pretty blossoms. A fine grown specimen flowered richly in Messrs. Lucombe, 
Pince, and Co/s conservatory, Exeter, in February last, from which the accom- 
panying- drawing representing a portion of it,, was made by Miss Morrish, a young- 
lady of that city, whose qualifications in the art of drawing flowering plants we 
have had frequent occasion to notice, as may be seen by referring to our pages. 
The generic name is given in honour of Lewis Weston Dillwyn, F.R.S. 
F.L.S., &c. whose labours upon different parts of British Botany, particularly the 
Confervee, are well known. 
