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tlie manner of our common ivy. It will be under- 
stood by tbis that an open loose soil is essential for 
the whole group ; good fibry peat is therefore all 
that can be desired, and on account of their creeping 
habit, as great an extent of its surface as possible is 
necessary to be gained in potting. To this end the 
shallow pan is indispensable ; by an ordinary deep 
pot being inverted in the pan and covered with a 
layer of peat, of a thickness according to the size of 
the pan or pot used (at a proportion of two inches 
thickness for a pan of one foot diameter) carried up 
over the inverted pot in a conical form, the whole 
pressed firmly together. The rhizomes are fixed to 
its surface by pegs, and they will soon attach them- 
selves by their own roots. The height of the cone 
will be according to the character of the plants ; for 
Pleopeltis, Anapeltis, Niphobolus , &c., a cone of from 
6-10 inches high, with a base from 1 to 1^ foot in 
width, will make handsome specimens. The genus 
Oleandra comes under Epiphytal, the rhizomes elon- 
gating rapidly, and in their natural places adhering 
to trees and moist rocks. 0. neriiformis is, however, 
truly terrestrial, producing roots from its woody erect 
rhizome after ascending a few inches from the soil. 
The other species in cultivation, however, cannot be 
well suited by the conical mode, or being trained on 
straight sticks. An open netted wire cylinder, about 
three feet high, and about six inches diameter, answers 
the purpose exceedingly well. The cylinder is filled 
with peat, and by fixing the rhizomes round the 
bottom of the cylinder, the roots will soon adhere to 
the peat through the meshes, which being kept moist, 
a rapid growth is stimulated, and the cylinder soon 
