172 TETRATHECA VERTICILLATA. 
the stove. Greenhouse plants were the glory of ancient collections, but now in the 
estimation of culturists generally, they scarcely occupy a second place. Fashion, the 
less obtrusive merits of the plants themselves, as compared with those of their con- 
temporaries, and doubtless the difficulty of cultivating many of them really well, 
have each tended to bring about such a state of things. They deserve not though 
to be so regarded, for considering them as a whole, and their varied and numerous 
attractions, they embody a rich mine of interest. 
Tetratheca verticillata is easily grown, simply requiring to be favoured with 
sufficient root-room, good soil, such as sandy fibrous loam, plenty of leaf-mould, 
and silver sand, or turfy sandy peat with less leaf-mould, not forgetting ample 
drainage, &c. It will increase by cuttings, with ordinary attention to their striking. 
