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RIST'S JOURNAL, 
June 1, 1841. 
ON THE CULTIVATION OF CHORIZEMA. 
BY MR. P. N. DON, OF TOOTING NURSERY. 
WITH AN ILLUSTRATION. 
This is one of the most beautiful and interesting of the New 
Holland genera, beautiful as many of them are, and being all 
of them worth the cultivator’s attention. The soil which I should 
recommend for this tribe of plants to be grown in should be, two 
parts turfy peat, one part light loam, and one part sand, with a 
little well-rotted manure. The whole should be well mixed toge¬ 
ther and cut with the spade, but should not by any means be 
sifted, as sifting, in my opinion, destroys the most valuable por¬ 
tions of the soil ; and instead of the soil being porous, as it ought 
to be, it is rendered small and close. The more open the soil, the 
firmer will the plants grow, and the longer they will continue to 
grow with vigour ; so that the stronger the fibre, and the more that 
is in the soil, the better for the health of the plants. In nature 
there is no such thing as sifted soils ; for whenever we find the 
soil close and unporous, we never find the plants in a healthy con¬ 
dition ; but when the soil is light and porous, we find the plants 
always strong and healthy. To those who wish to grow fine 
plants, I should recommend wide and shallow pots, as plants of 
this sort never go deep into the soil, especially if they can have plenty 
of surface room to run in. Many plants of this tribe are often lost 
by having too great a depth of soil; they extend their roots as 
well as they do their branches. The plants, when they have plenty 
of surface room for their roots, are generally low and bushy; but 
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