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MITRARIA COCCINEA. 
The cultivation is easy. If the plant be grown in a pot, lay abundance of 
broken crocks at the bottom for drainage ; and for the soil, use a mixture of two 
parts leaf-mould, one part light, rich loam, and one part peat ; but if it is planted 
in the flower-border, any light, rich earth, or good vegetable mould will suit it well. 
Increase is effected by cuttings of the half- ripened wood, planted in pots of sand 
and placed under a hand-glass. 
