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AGAPETES, B. Bon. THE AGAPETES. 
Nat. Ord. Ericaceae. Lin. Syst. Decandria Monogynia. 
Generic Character. —Limb of calyx 5-cleft. Corolla tubular. Limb 5-cleft. Stamens 10. 
Filaments very short, flattened. Anthers mutic, very long, furnished at the base with a 
short thick appendage, exserted, emarginate at the apex. Cells of anthers confluent, 
filiform, glabrous. Stigma clavate. Ovarium 5-celled. Berry 5-celled, many-seeded. 
Seeds angular.—( G. Don.) 
AGAPETES SETIGERA, D. Don. THE BRISTLY AGAPETES. 
Synonyme. —Thibaudia setigera, Royle. 
Engravings. —Royle, Illust. of the Bot. of the Himalaya mountains, t. 63 a, or 79 ; and our 
Plate 5. 
Specific Character. —Leaves scattered, lanceolate, petiolate, acuminated, obtuse at the base. 
Flowers disposed in racemose corymbs. Peduncles and calyxes hispid. Filaments 
bearded. Anthers bifid. Segments of corolla ovate-oblong.—( G. Don.) 
Description, &c. —A very handsome half-hardy evergreen shrub, a 
native of the Himalayas. The leaves are leathery, something like those 
of the Camellia, and the flowers are produced in great abundance. It 
should be grown in a light soil; for example, a mixture of peat and sand; 
and it is propagated by cuttings of the ripened wood. It was introduced 
in 1838. 
ON THE PRINCIPLES OF WINDOW GARDENING. 
BY MR. FORTUNE, OF THE HOTHOUSE DEPARTMENT OF THE LONDON 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
There are no plants which are looked upon with more interest, or 
attended to with more care, than those which are cultivated in the rooms 
of dwelling-houses ; and yet from our fair window gardeners imagining 
that there is something very difficult in the management of these plants, 
or from not properly understanding what that should be, they often fail 
in accomplishing what their labours and anxiety most richly merit. Now 
there is in reality no great secret in the treatment of window plants, and 
we may learn this if we will only open our eyes to what is continually 
going on in the great garden of nature by which we are surrounded. 
Wherever plants are placed, whether in the open air where they are 
watered by the dew and the gentle rain; in the conservatory or green¬ 
house where they are subjected to more artificial treatment; or in the 
dwelling-house window where the treatment must necessarily be still 
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