76 ERANTHEMUM VARIABILE. 
considered really ornamental. The ease with which it can be induced to form such 
specimens prevents such a circumstance being prejudicial to its extensive culture. 
The freedom of its growth only requires that it be liberally treated to enable it 
to attain any dimensions. Cuttings root very easily. It should be grown in loam, 
leaf-mould, and peat. 
