THE ERYTHR1NA LAURIFOLIA. 
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shoots of the last year down from two to five or six eyes., according 
to their strength; then pot them in the above compost, and place 
them in a stove, until they have taken root, and made shoots from 
nine to twelve inches, when they must be removed to a house, of the 
temperature of from 53 to 60 deg. allowing them plenty of light or 
the shoots will be apt to draw and become weak. 
When they have attained the height of three or four inches, they 
must be frequently syringed with pure water to prevent their being 
attacked by the red spider, (Acaru) this should be well attended to, 
as that destructive insect will otherwise cause them to have an un¬ 
sightly appearance and flower weakly. 
Treat them thus till they show flower, when they must be allowed 
plenty of air and water, which will cause them to flower freely. 
When in full bloom remove them to the conservatory or green¬ 
house, where placed amongst other natives of foreign climes, they 
will add to the gaiety and grandeur of the house in the months of 
June and July. 
After they have done flowering, repot them, cutting the young 
wood down as before, take them back to the stove, and treat as be¬ 
fore recommended, when they will again flower in the months of 
October and November. 
After they have done flowering the second time, keep them in the 
green-house almost in a dormant state, allowing them but little wa¬ 
ter till the following spring. 
By the above method, we have a plant eight feet high, which has 
been in flower for the last month or five weeks; the shoots it has 
made since last July are nearly four feet long; and being covered with 
fine green trifoliate leaves and splendid crimson flowers, makes 
a magnificent show. 
A friend informs me, that every time the plants of the Erythrina 
have done flowering, they should be taken out of the soil, and all the 
old roots cut away, they must then be potted in strong loam, and 
plunged in a bark pit. Having never tried this way, I have just 
given as I received it, without vouching for its efficacy. 
Sweet, in his Botanical Cultivator, page 67 and 218, recommend 
this with the E. herbacea, to be planted in the open ground under a 
south wall, and covered with dry litter during winter, where, says the 
author, they will shoot much stronger, and flower of a richer colour 
than when grown in the house; but by this method the C. laurifolia 
becomes herbaceous. 
F. F. Ashford. 
Rode Hall , Nor. 8th, 1832. 
