208 CUPHEA PLATYCENTRA. 
resorted to. The practice of the last operation leads to the production of side shoots, 
which bear blossoms very quickly. The almost perpetual manner in -which it flowers 
directs attention to it as a plant for the greenhouse and mild stove, in the late 
autumn and early winter months. We can bear testimony to its acceptability and 
prettiness in these erections at the period spoken of. Seeds, which ripen freely, 
and cuttings, readily increase the species. Plants flowering in Messrs. Henderson's 
Nursery, Pine-apple Place, afforded the specimen represented. 
Cuphos, curved, alluding to the shape of the capsule, furnishes the generic name 
