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the present from any previous species; like them, it will require 
to be grown in light rich mould, a moderately warm and moist 
atmosphere while in an active state, and to be allowed a drier 
and cooler air to display its flowers. Doubtless the most hand¬ 
some plants will be produced from cuttings, because the single 
stem will permit a more perfect development of its natural habit, 
and such specimens will, of course, be better clothed with foliage 
near to the pot, than older ones having a length of two years’ 
old wood. We should say, to strike the cuttings in autumn, 
and keep them through the winter in small pots, on a warm 
shelf in the greenhouse; to put them into large pots in spring, 
and set them growing in a warm pit, or at the cooler end of the 
stove, will be most conducive to the production of really fine 
specimens. 
The published species of the genus introduced to this country 
amount to nearly thirty; the following table contains a brief 
description of them, the country they inhabit, and the date of 
introduction. 
Alpestris, crimson-—Brazil, 1841. 
Apetela, purple—Chili, 1824. 
Arborescens, rose—Mexico, 1823. 
Bacillaris, rose—Mexico, 1824. 
Coccinea, scarlet—Chili, 1788. 
Cordifolia, crimson, orange, green—Guatemala, 1841. 
Corymbiflora, crimson, purple—Peru, 1842. 
Conica, scarlet, purple—Chili, 1825. 
Cylindracea, red, green—Mexico, 1836. 
Dependens, crimson, green—Peru, 1846. 
Discolor, red, purple—Falkland Isles, 1830. 
Excorticata, green, purple—New Zealand, 1821. 
Fulgens, scarlet—Mexico, 1835. 
Gracilis, scarlet—Mexico, 1822. 
Lyciodes, red—Chili, 1/96. 
Macrostemma, scarlet—Chili, 1823. 
Microphylla, red—Mexico, 1827. 
Parviflora, red—Mexico, 1824. 
Radicans, crimson, purple —Brazil, 1840. 
Serratifolia, crimson, scarlet—Brazil, 1843. 
Spectabilis, scarlet—Peru, 1848. 
