102 MUTISIA ILICIFOLIA. 
has therefore propagated it by cuttings, which strike root freely if planted either 
in sand or soil, and the pots placed under a glass in heat. 
After becoming established in the ground for a few years it is removed with 
difficulty, and if allowed to form too much top, it should be moderately thinned, as 
otherwise it would be injured by bleeding. 
The soil which appears to suit it best is peat, without any admixture of loam, in 
which it will make an annual growth of four feet in length. 
The genus is named in honour of Celestine Mutis, a South American botanist. 
