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EUSTOMA EXALTATUM. 
them to become large, and, by repeatedly stopping their shoots, bushy plants ; which, 
when they have grown to, and flowering freely, are truly ornamental objects. 
A close, warm pit, or stove, is most suitable for growing them ; their flowers are 
also more finely developed in such structures, but a warm greenhouse is sufficient for 
them to expand their blossoms in. Both species are most apt to suffer from drought; 
care, therefore, should be taken, that sufficient moisture is ever supplied to them. 
Propagation is best effected by seeds. E. exaltatum will increase by cuttings, though 
at the expense of the energy of the plants so raised. Light loam and sandy peat 
form a suitable soil. 
Our drawing was prepared, a considerable time since, from flowering plants in 
the collection at the Exotic Nursery, Chelsea. 
Eustoma is Greek for beautiful mouth, in allusion to the beauty of the corolla in 
the members of this genus. 
