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MARIANTHUS CCERULEO-PUNCTATUS. 
it was kept in a pot, and trained to a circular or balloon-shaped w T ire trellis. 
These gentlemen received the seeds from a friend, who procured them from 
Swan River. The Edinburgh specimens were obtained from Mr. Low, of Clapton, 
who raised it in 1839, from seeds collected in the Swan River colony by Mr. 
Wm. Morrison, and marked “ Sollya or Billardiera sp., from the Darling range of 
mountains.” 
It is a most charming little plant, with slender branches, which extend to an 
amazing length, and protrude 
considerable quantities of their 
pleasing blue flowers. Wholly 
unfit for training to the rafters of 
a house, or along any flat con- 
tinuous surface, on account of the 
tenuity of its branches, and the 
distance of its leaves, it should 
always be attached to a trellis such 
as that already mentioned, and the 
stems should be arranged pretty 
close round it in a spiral direction. 
Treated thus, its fine clusters of 
flowers stand out from the trellis 
at Messrs. Hendersons’, and pro- 
duce a most delightful effect during 
the months of May, June, and 
July. 
The compost employed is a 
common mixture of heath-mould, 
loam, and sand, well drained, and carefully watered. Cuttings of the younger 
shoots appear to root freely. 
It is not known from what the term Marianthus is derived. Dr. Graham 
suggests that it is dedicated to the Virgin Mary, 64 on account of the pure whiteness 
of the blossoms of the first-discovered species.” The engraving given above will 
best illustrate its character. 
