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HIBISCUS JERROLDIANUS. 
cultivated as the magnificence of their flowers entitle them to be. Although 
decidedly more at home in the conservatory borders, many of the species are highly 
ornamental when cultivated in pots ; and the perfectly beautiful objects they become 
when planted out, furnishes a ready clue to the kind of treatment they ought to 
experience. The main point to keep in view when growing them in pots is to 
subject the plants to such conditions as will ensure a free and unchecked growth. 
The necessity of doing this will be obvious, when it is recollected the flowers are 
always produced from the annually forming shoots. 
H. Jerroldianus requires the temperature of the stove, a lower than which 
hinders the healthy expansion of its blooms, and prevents their coming to perfection. 
If in the spring it is induced to commence growing early, it will flower a much 
longer time than when otherwise treated. A rather rich soil will be found most 
suitable, such as one composed of loam, leaf-mould, and rotten dung ; well incor- 
porated. 
The best method of propagation is by division of the roots in spring ; it can 
be increased by cuttings and seeds, but the latter under cultivation are not freely 
produced, and cuttings do not readily strike. 
The generic name is derived from a Greek word for Mallow, and the specific 
we give in compliment to our esteemed friend, Mr. Douglas Jerrold, with whom, 
as an author, every one must be familiar. 
