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PRONAYA ELEGANS. 
forwarded to England in 1837- At Messrs. Knight and Perry’s nursery, Chelse: 
where our drawing was executed last August, it was received from the establisli 
ment of M. Makoy, at Liege. i 
To treat it in a manner suitable to its habit, and at the same time to producj 
the best effect from its clustered blossoms, it should be trained spirally round 
pyramidal trellis, or one partially contracting towards the top ; observing to adoj 
one of proportionate dimensions to its scanty growth, and not to attach tli 
branches with that rigorous formality too commonly persevered in ; and, especiarf' 
towards the upper part of the plant, the shoots should be allowed greater liberty. 
Cuttings planted in sand, and placed in a gentle heat, with a confine 
atmosphere, are the ordinary means of propagation. Young plants flourish we 
in frames, potted in the usual mixture of peat, loam, and leaf-mould. Care mui 
be taken that they are not over-potted, as a very circumscribed space is sufficiei 
for the roots. 
Baron Segismimd Pronay, a Hungarian nobleman, and a patron of hort 
culture, at Iletzendorf, near Vienna, and afterwards at Frankfort-on-the-Mayi 
is commemorated in the generic appellation. 
