Steptocarpus rexii. Mr. MIn-tyre, of Hillsborough, gives the following; directions for the culture of this green-house evergreen: -

"The seed should be sown in the month of April, in pans, in a mixture of peat and loam; then place the pans in a hot-bed, frame or pit, until the plants are fit for potting off. The seed should be sown very thin; if not, the greater portion of the plants will rot off for want of air and room to their stalks, as they grow with their foliage prostrate. As soon as the plants are large enough for potting off, fill a quantity of pots with a mixture of leaf-mould, loam, and sand; place a plant in each pot, and give a little water.

"Afterwards remove them into the frame or pit; when they have got established in their pots, they may be removed to a cold frame or greenhouse.

"In June, they may be placed in the open air, and regularly watered during the summer.

"Towards the end of October, remove them to a frame, to protect them from frost. In May or June following they may be planted out where required. As soon as frost is apprehended, take up the plants, with a ball of earth attached to the roots, repot them and place them in a green-house or frame, till again required." - Gard. Chron.