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PLATYLOBIUM PARVIFLORUM. 
To preserve that dwarfness which is so desirable in a limited collection, a ! 
medium-sized pot only must be used, and the plants should be closely and 
frequently pruned. For larger specimens, of course, more space must be allowed 
for the roots to spread, and the branches need not be pruned more than sufficient 
to keep them compact and bushy. 
One of the most important things in its management, is to provide a suitable 
soil. Nothing ruins the health of plants more than the obstinate adherence to 
potting them in finely pulverized mould. By using roughly broken loam and peat 
they may be kept in a vigorous healthful condition, and for the larger specimens 
leaf-mould will be found a valuable ingredient. 
Our drawing was obtained from a plant which flowered in one of Messrs. 
Rollissons' greenhouses at the Tooting Nursery, last April. 
The generic name is formed from the two Greek words platys broad, and lobos 
a pod, and has been suggested by the broad legumes. 
