PECULIARITIES IN THE CULTURE OF NEW PLANTS. 
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their base which are above the surface of the soil, and where leaves once existed * 
while the shoots of herbaceous plants always proceed from the collar or neck which 
is in immediate connexion with the 
roots. The establishment of this fact 
undoubtedly increases the value of 
the species, and must at once remove 
that disagreeable dubiety on this head 
which has hitherto deterred so many 
from purchasing the plant. 
For the further dissipation of any 
prejudicial impression that may have 
arisen to the impediment of the much 
more extended distribution of this 
really superb species, we can aver 
that every difficulty which has yet 
attended its propagation is completely 
obviated ; since it is found to ripen 
large quantities of seeds when ma- 
naged as a stove plant ; and these, if 
sown as soon as matured, in a genial 
hot-bed, will produce specimens from 
which flowers are sometimes de- 
veloped in the ensuing year, but 
infallibly in the second autumn from 
the time of sowing. 
Respecting the actual treatment 
of the plant here under discussion, 
we have yet a few hints to record, 
which may assist some of those by 
whom these pages are perused. It 
delights, during the summer season, 
in a warm situation, a rather moist 
atmosphere, and a slight degree of 
shade procured by vicinity to some 
plants or objects, or a position in a 
house with a north-western aspect, by 
which it can be screened from the stronger solar beams ; but in the winter, all 
these conditions must be reversed, since it is particularly susceptive of damage 
from moisture, and cannot endure winter stimulation. 
We have seen various modes of training adopted, but none appears so suitable as 
the natural one, which is simply to support the principal stem or stems with distinct 
erect stakes, and allow the lateral shoots to extend themselves in any direction to 
Lisianthus Russelli 
