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RUELLIA LILACINA. 
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Talue. In cultivating it, a soil composed of equal portions of loam, peat, and' 
leaf-mould should be employed, allowing plenty of pot-room. 
Cuttings are easily induced to strike root when placed in gentle bottom-heat, i 
The Messrs. Rollisson, with their usual kindness, allowed our drawing to bei 
taken at their Nursery, in the spring of 1844. I 
The name Ruellia is given in compliment to John Ruelle, a French botanist 
and M.D. 
