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should not sink below sixty-five degrees, and plunged into a little saw-dust. They 
should be effectually shaded from the sun, which can easily be done by placing a 
sheet of coarse paper between it and the glass inside the house, not as is usual on the 
roof outside. The glass should be wiped quite dry every morning, and the cuttings 
when necessary carefully watered. The object of filling the pot' up to within two 
inches of the top with soil, is to enable the young roots, as soon as they are formed 
at the bottom of the cuttings, to take off at once into the soil, which greatly strengthens 
them, and prevents the check which would ensue when potted off, if allowed to form 
their roots wholly in the sand. Seeds of many of the species ripen in abundance, 
and as they in general vegetate freely, plants may be readily increased from them. 
They may be sown in any light soil, carefully avoiding any among which dung is 
incorporated ; placed in a gentle heat, securely shaded from the sun, and judiciously 
watered, they will come up well ; and when four proper leaves are formed they may 
be potted off in the manner before directed for cuttings. 
" Chorizema is derived from x°P 0 ^ choros, a dance, and fom, zema, a drink. 
This plant was originally discovered by Labillardiere, upon the south-west coast of 
New Holland, at the foot of the mountains near a spot where, after being tantalized 
with finding many salt springs, his party had just met with an ample supply of fresh 
water. This welcome refreshment, of which he speaks feelingly in his book, seems 
to have suggested the name." Don, Gard. Diet. 
Our drawing was taken from a fine planfr which flowered beautifully in the col- 
lection of Messrs. Young, Epsom, in June last. 
