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moderate degree of shade and a good supply of water 
being given both at the root and over-head, it will be 
found to have had its wishes met. If grown upon the 
rookery or in the shrubbery, it will prefer more loam 
and loss leaf-mould; and if placed in an exposed situa¬ 
tion, it must be shaded until established, when it may 
be gradually exposed to meet all weathers. It will not 
require any protection in winter, unless grown in pots, 
or upon very exposed parts of the rockery, where a 
slight protection will be preferable. It is not suitable 
at all for the Wardian Case, nor for in-door culture, as 
the confinement makes it weak. The propagation may 
be pursued in a similar way to that mentioned for 
Lastraa eristata. 
