128 ERIOSTEMON SCABRUM. 
The members of the genus Eriostemon are very easily grown ; the treatment 
applied to the commonest greenhouse plants being sufficient. Notwithstanding, 
strict attention to training, and good management in other respects, are by no means 
thrown away when exercised upon them. Equal portions of sandy peat and fibrous 
loam, with an admixture of some such material as charcoal, potsherds, &c, form a 
fine medium for their roots. Propagation by cuttings is not difficult to effect. 
The Hackney collection, by the kindness of its proprietors, furnished the subject 
of our drawing, about twelve months ago. Eriostemon is from the Greek words erion, 
woolly ; and stemon, a stamen ; the stamens of the flowers of the genus being 
remarkable for such a feature. 
