with a channel on the upper keel, point flat and 3-lobed. Seeds 2, black, winged on the upper end and on one side,
with a large flat membranaceous wing.
Our drawing of this very fragrant species was made last
Spring from a fine large bushy Shrub, about twelve feet high,
and entirely covered with its sweet-scented flowers, and capsules,
at the same time, in the grand Conservatory of J. J. Am
gerstein, Esq. of Woodlands, near Blackheath, where many fine
Conservatory plants have attained a large size, and grow as
luxuriantly as if in their native woods. The greater part of the
species of this genus are free flowering plants, and most of
them bear sweet-scented flowers, so that they are desirable plants
for a Conservatory or large Greenhouse, but they will thrive
better in pots than when turned out in the ground, as will the
greater part of plants belonging to Proteace/e. A s for ourselves,
we do not agree with planting out plants in a Conservatory
at all, as they soon grow out of all bounds, and the strong
growing sorts very soon overrun and spoil the more choice and
tender sorts. It is certainly much better to grow them in pots
or tubs, which may be made as large as required for the strong
growing sorts; those may be plunged in white sand, which gives
a neat appearance; and the plants can be moved once a year or
oftener, if required, to keep the tallest plants in their proper
situations; the plants will also flower better in large pots, than
when turned out in the ground : in this manner the plants were
managed at Woodlands when Mr. Stewart had the care of
them, many of which were at that time the finest specimens in
the country, and flowered there for the first time, but we are
sorry to see so few of them remaining at present-
The present species is of free growth, and thrives well in an
equal portion of turfy loam, peat, and sand, with the pots well
drained, that the moisture may pass off readily; ripened cuttings,
taken off at a joint, and planted in pots of sand, placed
under a hand-glass, and shaded from the sun, will root readily;
it may also be raised from seeds.
The genus w?as named by Schrader, in honour of Baron
Christian Lewis Hake.
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