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CUPHEA MELVILLA. 
ture than the ordinary species of that genus. A decided stove-heat is not, never- 
theless, to be considered indispensable ; and it will flourish with the greatest vigour 
in what is termed an intermediate house, or one in which the average temperature 
is midway between that of the stove and the greenhouse. It was in such a struc- 
ture that we met with it in great perfection last autumn at the gardens of Madame 
Rothschild, Gunnersbury Park, where it is cultivated very successfully by Mr. 
Mills, the gardener, and from whence we were permitted to procure the accom- 
panying representation. 
In the stove of Mrs. Lawrence, Ealing Park, we have also observed most 
luxuriant specimens, with upwards of fifty distinct stems, all regularly arranged so 
as to form a globular mass, and most of them finely in flower. It is potted, each 
spring, in an enriched loamy soil, shaking off the greater part of the old earth, and 
reducing the roots a little. Further shifting is attended to as the plant progresses, 
and it is watered liberally till the stems decay in autumn, when it must be kept dry 
through the winter. 
Cuttings, prepared from those shoots which are not surmounted by blossoms, 
and which manifest no indications of flowering, root with facility in a gentle heat. 
Cuphea is taken from cuphos , curved, the capsule having a curved outline. 
