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TACSONIA MOLLISSIMA. 
forming, under favourable circumstances, as splendid an object as that fine 
species : which is not so universally cultivated as it ought to be. 
The proper situation for either to be grown, is where they can luxuriate, without 
being restricted to a particular space. A plant of T. pinnatistipula in our posses- 
sion, planted where its roots are not permitted to range beyond certain limits, in a 
house of large dimensions, where artificial heat is never employed but to exclude 
severe frost, is fast occupying the rafters of the whole roof, flowering in the greatest 
profusion, six or eight months of the year, and bearing fruit abundantly. 
Both species are excellently adapted for a conservative wall, and either we have 
no doubt, will succeed on a wall of an east or west aspect. T. pinnatistipula we 
have known flower beautifully on the former ; and that at the end of the season in 
which it was planted. Little satisfaction however will be derived from growing 
them in the open air, if they cannot be safely preserved, in the situation in which 
they are placed, from frost through the winter ; and which is all they require. A 
high temperature is highly unfavourable to their welfare. When planting them out, 
no particular preparation of soil is necessary ; for general cultivation, loam, peat, and 
leaf-mould will be found suitable. Cuttings are not difficult to strike, if proper 
attention is given to them. 
Tacsonia is from Tacso , a name for one of the species in Peru. 
