a25plicable to all the species, one or more of -which 
are night-scented flowers, is strikingly apposite to 
the generality, whose refulgent and radiating 
petals seem to welcome, as well as to emulate, the 
noon-tide sun, folding themselves up as it with- 
draws.’ 
This Mesemhryanthemum we may advantageous- 
ly rank with ^rindow plants, none being more 
suitable for the j>ui’pose, or demanding less trouble 
from the cultivator. It should be planted in a 
mixture of loam, sand, and old sifted mortar ; and 
we have found that the addition of leaf-mould is 
very congenial to the growth of all such plants. 
The 2^ots should be about one third filled with 
small drainers beneath the compost. During 
winter this, like most other succulent plants, will, 
if kept in a cool airy room, be best without water- 
ing. If in a warm room, watering once in a 
fortnight will suffice. In the summer, when the 
plants are in growth, and more particularly when 
they are flowering, they should be supplied freely 
with water; but towards autumn the supply should 
be gradually diminished. 
The jrropagation of this jilant is sufficiently 
easy, and its adoption may be recommended, that 
young j)lants may be supplied for turning out on 
rock-work, during summer. Cuttings of two joints 
long, should be taken, and the leaves be cut from 
the lower joint. Lay the cuttings by for a week in 
the shade, and then plant them in a sandy com- 
post beneath a bell-glass, either with or without 
heat, and they will soon strike root. Probably the 
leaves alone would strike root. 
