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CENTRADENIA ROSEA. 
leaf happens to be on the right of the branch, the next is on the left, and so on. 
The smaller leaves readily fall off, and thus the others appear to be alternate." 
The plant forms a very neat and delightful shrub, never growing, apparently, 
more than a foot high, and yet developing such a number of branches, that when 
the whole are in bloom, the blossoms almost literally constitute a covering of pinkish 
white. The leaves, too, are of a rich crimson hue on the under side. No plant 
could flower more abundantly ; and it blossoms in the stove from the month of 
February, the number of blooms being, at the present time, not at all diminished. 
The flowers seem to close during the night and in dull weather, opening again under 
the influence of bright light and sunshine. 
Being so small and of a spare habitude, it should not have a large pot nor a 
rich soil. The ordinary proportions of heath-mould and loam will be suitable ; 
though the former, perhaps, should be used rather more freely than with the ma- 
jority of shrubby exotics. It has been kept in a stove up to this period ; but it is 
quite possible that it will finally prove able to flourish in a greenhouse. Cuttings 
root easily, if planted in shallow pots of sandy earth, placed in a slight heat, and 
shaded. 
