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bloom in cavernous and moist situations, or in moist and warm 
climates, are best adapted for these cases. However, within this 
class of vegetables there are many beautiful and highly luxuriant 
plants, which it would afford no small pleasure to contemplate. 
The following is a list of plants from various countries, which 
were set in a box, under Mr. Ellis’s directions, and examined from 
nine to twelve months afterwards : 
BOTANICAL NAMES. 
Chamae'rops humilis 
Centiana verna 
^diantum Capillus Veneris 
Primula farinosa 
Primula scotica 
Ferbascum Myconi 
^ndrosace villosa 
Chamae'rops Palmetto 
Dionae'a Muscipula 
Sarracema purpurea 
Epigae'a repens 
Testudinaria elephantipes 
A'\oq retusa 
.Rhododendron chrysanthum 
Chamaecistus 
Cycas revoluta 
IVepenthes distillatoria 
Cypripedium venustum in- 
signe 
Agave geminiflora 
*Goodyera discolor 
*£chinocactus multiplex 
^peruviana 
myriacantha 
Formosa 
O'ttoni 
Candida 
Epiphyllum truncatum 
Cereus flagelliformis 
Lycopodium stoloniferum 
COUNTRY. 
Italy, Sicily, Spain 
England 
England 
Scotland 
Scotland 
Scotland 
Scotland 
Carolina 
Carolina 
Carolina 
Carolina 
Cape of Good Hope 
Cape of Good Hope 
Siberia 
Austria 
China 
Ceylon 
Nepal 
Nepal 
Mexico 
Mexico 
Mexico 
Mexico 
Mexico 
Mexico 
Mexico 
Mexico 
Brazil 
Peru 
Cuba 
REMARKS. 
Increased l-4th its original 
size 
Flowered, but no difference 
in size 
Increased l-8th 
Flowered; atmosphere ra¬ 
ther damp for it 
Flowered; atmosphere ra¬ 
ther damp for it 
Increased l-8th 
Flowered; not very healthy 
Increased l-3d 
Made l-8th 
Increased 4 times its origi¬ 
nal size 
Increased one-half 
Made a shoot 10 inches long 
Made l-3rd, showing flower 
Increased one-half [spikes 
Increased l-3d 
Increased l-8th 
Increased 2-3ds 
Increased l-5th 
Increased l-4th 
Increased l-3d 
No perceptible difference 
Increased one-half 
Increased one-half 
Increased one-half 
Increased l-3d 
Increased l-4th 
Increased one-half 
Increased 2-3ds 
Increased one-half 
Very luxuriant 
Those marked thus # are growing in fancy pots, and suspended from 
the roof of the plant-case. 
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