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used for this purpose, as they are found to strike root more readily than older wood ; they should he inserted in [ 
silver sand and covered with a bell-glass. A little artificial heat will be found useful if the cuttings are put in in !' 
the early part of the spring, but if in the summer this will be unnecessary. They will root in a few days, and 
should then be potted in peat-soil mixed with a little sand. If it be bright sunshine after they are potted, a slight 
shade must be thrown over the glass for a day or two until they are better established. Afterwards they must be ! 
removed to the greenhouse, where they must have plenty of light and air, and be I'egularly shifted from small to I 
larger pots, as their roots require it. By giving them sufficient room, and being careful in watering, &c., they will 
soon form handsome specimens.” All the species are veiy apt to grow in a straggling manner, with long portions li 
of naked stems, and are very much improved by occasional pruning. Thus, after they are potted off, as soon as j 
the main shoot is about three inches high, the top should be cut off, and the plant will then begin to branch in aU | 
directions. The branches should also have their tops cut off as soon as they are three inches long. Great care ii 
should be taken when pottmg these plants to let them have ample drainage. |j 
1.— CHOROZEMA ILICIFOLIA Labill. THE HOLLY-LEAVED CHOROZEMA. j| 
Specific Character. — Leaves pinnatifidly-toothed, spinose, oblong-lanceolate, with an entire acumen, -which is longer than the teeth ; l| 
bracteoles on the top of the pedicels. ((7. Don.) ' 
Desceiution, &g. — This species was the plant Labillardiere found on the banks of the stream which gave so ij 
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much delight to himself and his companions on the south-west coast of New Holland, but though this species 
was the first introduced, having been brought to this country in 1803, it is now very seldom seen in collections, j: 
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It is described as a dwarf spreading shrub with red flowers, the standard of which is yellow at the base, and I 
holly-like leaves which are downy on the under side ; the branches also are covered with a soft down. i 
2.— CHOROZEMA NANUM Sims. THE DWARF CHOROZEMA. j 
Synonyme. — Pultensea nana Andr. Specific Character. — Stem erect, but flexible ; leaves oval-obtuse. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag., t. 1032; Bot. Rep., t. 434, and Lodd. sinuately-toothed, with sharp spines. 
Bot. Cab., t. 1002. 
Description, &c. — A very pretty little plant, introduced at the same time as the preceding species, to which 'I 
it bears considerable resemblance both in its flowers and leaves, though it differs in being smaller in all its parts, ; 
and in the stem being erect, and the plant being more compact. : 
3._CH0R0ZEMA HENCHMANNI B. Brown. MR. HENCHMAN’S CHOROZEMA. j 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag., t. 3607 ; Bot. Reg., t. 986 ; Lodd. Bot. Specific Character. — Plant hoary; leaves acicular or needle-shaped, e 
Cab., t. 1233; Pa,xt. Mag. of Bot., vol. ii., p. 171 ; and our fig. 3. Flowers axillary. ((?. Don.) \ 
in PL 22. 
Description, &c. — This very handsome plant differs considerably from most of the other species of Chorozema, 
as its flowers are produced m long terminal spike-like racemes. The plant was discovered by Mr. Baxter, a 
collector, in the south-west of New Holland, and he describes the species as forming a shrub of from four to five 
feet lugh, laden with flowers, which were so abundant as completely to cover it in every part. The fohage is gi’ey, 
and by no means ornamental. The species was introduced in 1824, and it succeeds best when planted in the free 
ground of a conservatory, in a soil composed of equal parts of peat and loam. 
