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|)ir continued healthful developments, and the profusion of flowers they will 
>duce. 
They are propagated by cuttings of the half-ripened wood, which, although they 
not strike very quickly, are nevertheless not difficult to root. Plant them in 
;s of sand, and cover with a glass, but do not subject them to a moist heat, or 
jy will soon disappear : select a cool, and rather dry part of the propagating-house, 
;e off the glass occasionally, to allow the cuttings to dry ; and in watering be careful 
vev to wet the foliage, and allow them to stand exposed for a time until they are 
rtially dried again before the glass is replaced. When struck, pot them off in 
idy heath-mould, disturbing the roots as little as possible, and keep them in rather 
ilose place until they have begun to grow; then remove them to the greenhouse, 
d treat as before directed for the parent plants. 
The next group in order is Eudiosme^ ; it includes a number of African genera, 
iefly from the neighbourhood of the Cape of Good Hope. In this tribe are some 
lendid ornamental plants. Calodendron capense is perhaps one of the handsomest 
ciduous flowering trees the Cape affords ; it grows from twenty to thirty feet high, 
d bears large panicles of rich flesh-coloured flowers. All the others are shrubs, 
rying in growth from one to three feet, with a habit not unlike Erica , and bearing 
ute or rose-coloured flowers. The various species of Barosma, but especially 
mata and punctata , are called by the Hottentots BucUu. The leaves are dried, 
wdered, and mixed with grease, and with this unpleasant-smelling unction they 
‘ oint their bodies. The names of the genera are Acmadenia, Adenandra, Aga- 
\ \osma, Barosma, Calodendron, Coleonema, Diosma, Euch(Btis, Empleurum, Gym- 
■ rtychium, Macrostylis , and P achy stigma. 
With the exception of Calodendron, which is a little difficult to propagate, all 
ese genera are very easy of culture. To be successful with the former, the cuttings 
Lust be made immediately on the wood becoming matured; for — as the plant is 
ciduous — if the wood is allowed to become too old before the cuttings are made, the 
Lives fall before roots are protruded, and success is very doubtful. 
The soil in which the whole of the plants in this group will grow best, is sandy 
iath-mould, with a small portion of light turfy loam. 
Pot them after the manner of other plants with heath-like habit ; give plenty of 
•ainage, and treat them in every respect like common greenhouse plants. 
Propagation is effected by taking off the extremities of the young shoots, and 
anting them in pots of sand under a glass, but without heat. 
Tribe 5— Dictamne^e — has but one genus, Bictamnus, or Fraxinella, a hardy 
jrbaceous plant, of the easiest culture in the open borders. 
Tribe 6— Kute^e — embraces Biebersteinia, Boenninghausenia, Haplophyllum, 
