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CULTURE OF CONOSTEPHIUM PENDULUM. 
as is the custom with other greenhouse plants, but let them have as much air and 
light in the greenhouse during the season as possible. 
Propagation is effected by cuttings taken off when ripe, and planted thin and 
shallow in pots of fine sand. Place the pots in a cool, dry part of the propagating 
house, and water with the greatest caution. In about six weeks or two months they 
will have struck root ; they may then be planted in small pots, and again placed 
under a hand-glass until they have begun to grow, after which they may be exposed 
to the air of the greenhouse. 
CULTURE OF CONOSTEPHIUM PENDULUM. 
This plant, like all the others of this natural order, will not bear crowding 
amongst other plants of a different habit ; its foliage soon suffers ; it is therefore 
advisable to place them in company with Ericas, Proteaceous plants, and others which 
require plenty of air and room for their delicate foliage. 
If it be placed out of doors in summer, which is scarcely advisable, be particularly 
cautious that it stand in no situation either much exposed to winds or direct sunshine, 
or under the drip of trees. 
Always pot before the roots have become closely matted, that is, as soon as they 
have spread moderately through the soil ; by this means a vigorous growth will be 
sustained, and the plant meet with no check. 
The soil most suitable is a mixture of three parts very sandy heath mould and 
one part light sandy loam ; mix and break them together, but not too fine, and mix 
a few broken potsherds with it. 
Give a large proportion of drainage, for if the water stagnates in the least, this 
plant cannot be kept healthy. On the other hand, the soil in the pots must never 
be allowed to become dry and baked, for either the extremes of over moisture or 
drought the tender roots are unable to bear. 
Cuttings will strike root if planted in pots of sand, and placed under a bell or 
hand-glass. 
