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DRACOCEPHALUM GRANDIFLORUM. 
the autumn, the plants divided if requisite, and preserved in pots in a cold frame, 
and when replanted should be placed in good fresh soil. Some care is necessary to 
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ensure its preservation in winter, for although hardy, in the general acceptation of 
the term, from being of a succulent nature, it is liable to he destroyed by frost, 1 
especially if growing in a wet situation, and is also apt to damp off : attention to 
keeping it dry is the surest means of preserving it. Propagation is effected by 
dividing the plant. 
To cultivate it well in pots, the occasional shelter of a cold frame, with all the 
aid proper potting and good soil can afford, is all that is required. 
Our thanks are due to the Messrs. Henderson, of Pineapple -Place, for the 
opportunity of preparing our drawing. 
From the Greek of clracon, a dragon, and kephale, a head, the generic name is 
derived, in allusion to the resemblance the flowers are thought to hear to a 
dragon's head. 
