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DRACOCEPHALUM GRANDIFLORUM. 
the autumn, the plants divided if requisite, and preserved in pots in a cold frame, 
and when replanted should be placed in good fresh soil. Some care is necessary to 
ensure its preservation in winter, for although hardy, in the general acceptation of 
the term, from being of a succulent nature, it is liable to be destroyed by frost, 
especially if growing in a wet situation, and is also apt to damp off: attention to 
keeping it dry is the surest means of preserving it. Propagation is effected by 
dividing the plant. 
To cultivate it well in pots, the occasional shelter of a cold frame, with all the 
aid proper potting and good soil can afford, is all that is required. 
Our thanks are due to the Messrs. Henderson, of Pineapple-Place, for the 
opportunity of preparing our drawing. 
From the Greek of dracon, a dragon, and kephale, a head, the generic name is 
derived, in allusion to the resemblance the flowers are thought to bear to a 
dragon's head. 
