. Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants. duced to this country in 1839. It has beenkept in a stove by many cultivators, but appearsto thrive exceedingly well through the summer ina greenhouse at Mrs. La^vrences, Ealing Park,from which collection we were favoured with ourfigure in the autumn of 1840. Indeed, with re-gard to the temperature it requires, the specimenwi> liave just referred to was the strongest andfinest we have anywhere witnessed, floweringduring the whole of the summer, and far intothe autumn. Its aspect will be better shown bythe woodcut given below. I
. Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants. duced to this country in 1839. It has beenkept in a stove by many cultivators, but appearsto thrive exceedingly well through the summer ina greenhouse at Mrs. La^vrences, Ealing Park,from which collection we were favoured with ourfigure in the autumn of 1840. Indeed, with re-gard to the temperature it requires, the specimenwi> liave just referred to was the strongest andfinest we have anywhere witnessed, floweringduring the whole of the summer, and far intothe autumn. Its aspect will be better shown bythe woodcut given below. It demands no unusual cultivation. A richsoil in a moderately large pot, with comparativedryness in winter, and an abundant supply ofwater while grovring, are its chief , too, it will be benefited by a little stove-licat in early spring, and a gradual removal to thegreenhouse towards the end of 3Iay or the cora-meacemcnt of June. It is increased by cuttings or suckers. Linnajus dedicated the genus to Conrad Gesner, a noted botanist of
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