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prevent it flourishing in summer when planted in the open air ; it is as exactly 
suitable, and as likely to do so as other plants in the Order, which custom had once 
and long prescribed stove management for, and which now are found to do better 
there. If it should be found to succeed out of doors, it will be very useful for a 
sheltered border, if not in the flower-garden. 
This is another addition to the many subjects we have been favoured with from 
the collection of R. G. Lorraine, Esq., of Wallington Lodge. 
Sandy loam and leaf-mould or peat is suitable soil, and it is easily increased by 
cuttings, or the sucker-like shoots found at the base of the plants. 
