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drained, yet moist situations. It grows well in a warm 
greenhouse, shaded from the sun, and kept moderately 
moist. Its stature is then much increased, and the 
brightness of its evergreen verdure is intense. The 
test soil for it is a mixture of peat, limy rubbish, bricks 
broken as small as filberts, and leaf-mould, in equal 
proportions; the pot it grows in being filled one-fourth 
with broken crocks for drainage. It may be propagated 
by division in April, but every piece separated must 
have a crown. It will not bear the close, damp air of 
a Wardian case. 
