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CULTURE OF THE GENUS CARALLUMA. 
This genus of succulents consists of four species, and is very nearly allied to 
Staphelia. All the species are natives of India, and grow, for the most part, in airy 
and exposed situations, where for 
many months they obtain little mois- 
ture. To grow them to perfection, 
therefore, the following rules must be 
attended to : — 
1. Always keep the plants in a 
warm and dry part of the stove, but 
where they can receive a good portion 
of air if required. 
2. Always mix a good portion of 
brick rubbish with the mould in 
which they are potted, and use a 
loamy soil rather poor than other- 
wise. 
3. In potting great care is neces- 
sary with regard to drainage. Any 
neglect in this will soon prove fatal to 
the plants. 
4. Water with caution. None of 
the species require water above once 
a week in fine weather ; but in wet 
and cold weather scarcely once a 
month. At the time of flowering, 
however, they should be liberally sup- 
plied, although no pan or feeder should 
be allowed even at that time, to be 
placed under the pot, to stop the cir- 
culation of the water. 
5. The mode of propagation is by 
cuttings. When these are taken off, 
they must be laid on a shelf, or other 
convenient place, awhile, to dry, like 
other plants of the same habit. When 
the wound is dry, and the cuttings 
begin to shrivel, pot them singly in 
small pots, filled with the same soil 
as recommended for old plants ; place 
them upon a shell near to the glass in the stove, slightly water them, and they will 
root immediately. 
