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possess no great share of attractions, and two or three others would scarcely deserve 
a place amongst a choice selection ; but the remainder, when nicely grown, will meet 
with well-merited esteem. The Eriostemons are all beautiful, but they are slow 
growers; and their roots, being delicate, are apt to suffer from over or under 
watering, and by potting in soil that binds close together. They are also difficult to 
strike from cuttings ; their branches, when separated, are very susceptible of injury ; 
and their roots being so long in forming, the danger of loss is greatly increased. 
With Phebalium, also, of which several species are in our collections, great care is 
requisite in watering, and the plants must also be placed near the glass in a very 
airy situation, especially during winter. The Zierias are not hard to grow well, but 
their soil must be particularly light and open, or they soon perish, and in propagation 
it is necessary to make cuttings of the young wood. 
The proper temperature for the whole of these plants is an airy greenhouse, 
where they will not stand very far from the glass, or be crowded amongst plants with 
a very heavy foliage. 
All the slender species should be grown in a soil composed of two parts heath- 
mould, and the remaining part a mixture of light loam and sand ; but the more 
robust growers thrive better in a soil made with equal portions of light loam and 
sandy heath-mould. It is indispensable that the soil should neither be sifted nor 
broken too fine, and that it should contain a good portion of fibre, that there may 
not be a possibility of it binding in the pots. 
Place the plants in pots of a moderate size, for they delight in spreading their 
roots along the sides of the pots. Also, let abundance of drainage be given to 
each plant; if one-fourth of each pot is filled with broken potsherds and bits of 
charcoal mixed, it is all the better ; also a few potsherds mixed with the soil, that 
the water may percolate freely, is always an advantage. 
In watering during the summer season, give a good supply to the roots, and also 
syringe in fine weather ; by these means and abundance of air, the growth will be 
greatly promoted ; but on the approach of winter syringing must be entirely dis- 
pensed with, and the proportion of water administered to the roots must be no 
more than will keep the soil in the pots from becoming parched and dry: the 
foliage must likewise be kept free from dirt and insects. 
When greenhouse plants are placed out of doors in the summer months, it is 
advisable to make these an exception to the general rule; for they invariably 
suffer either from too great an exposure to light, too much moisture, or from drought 
— one or other of which, with the very best attention, can scarcely at all times be 
avoided. If kept in the house with Epacrises and other plants of like tender habits, 
they will amply repay the cultivator for any extra trouble they may have given, by 
