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CHOROZEMA TRIANGULARE. 
repays the care its proper management renders necessary. Selecting healthy 
plants, growing them in good sandy peat, securing good drainage, well elevating the 
ball of the plant in the centre of the pot, shading from glaring sun during the period I 
of their growth, and in winter placing them where they will be secure from damp, is 
doing much towards favourable success. Cuttings with proper attention root with 
tolerable freedom. 
Our drawing was prepared some time ago in the Exotic Nursery, Chelsea. 
Labillardiere gave the generic name from Choros, a dance ; and zema, drink ; 
commemorative of the joy he and his party experienced on finding a fresh- water 
spring when travelling on the West Coast of New Holland. 
