148 THUNBERGIA HAWTAYNEANA. 
has flowered in this country. It is a plant of great luxuriance, and exhibits 
striking traces of good management ; for in all other establishments where we have 
yet seen the species, it has invariably been in a weakly state, the leaves not more 
than half as large, and of a much paler green. 
To grow it to a similar degree of perfection to that just noted, it should have a 
loamy earth, with only a small quantity of heath-soil incorporated, must be kept 
in a rather shady part of the stove, and ought especially to have the pot in which 
it is placed plunged to the rim in bark, or otherwise secluded from the action of 
the sun. Until brought to a thoroughly healthy condition, the above system of 
operation must be carefully watched, that no superabundant dampness accumu- 
late about the roots, there being great danger from this source when the specimens 
are very young or sickly. But, if once fairly established, its culture ceases to be 
troublesome, and it will flourish with extraordinary vigour. 
As this plant throws up a considerable number of stems from its base, there is 
no difficulty in procuring cuttings, but these are generally far from easy to strike. 
The extreme points of the shoots should be wholly discarded if they can con- 
veniently be dispensed with, because they will inevitably form slender, straggling, 
and unhealthy plants, on account of their remarkable tenuity. Stronger portions 
of the young wood should therefore be chosen, and these may be treated according 
to the general practice, planting them in sand, covering them with a bell-glass, and 
preserving them cautiously from injurious moisture. 
Those who desiderate strong plants must not subject them to too high a tem- 
perature during their propagation, or they will induce in them that tenderness and 
weakliness of habit which always follow the too profuse application of artificial 
heat in the early stages of the plant's progress. 
For the derivation of the generic name, the reader may revert to vol. ii. p. 2. 
