William Jackson Hooker

“ In the winter months, care should be taken not to saturate the earth with
water, nor wet the leaves or stem more, than can be avoided. In dry weather
however, during the summer season, water may be freely given to the plants
about sunset, and a very essential point to be observed is, that, when they
are placed out in the open air in groups, the sun's rays should not be
allowd to fall directly on the sides of the pots, for if they are, all the feeding
spongioles of the tender roots round the inner side of the pot, will assuredly
be destroyed, and the life of the plant greatly endangered. ”

“ Genera of Proteaceæ, affords an abundant proof of the great interest
they have excited, and of the high estimation in which plants of a family,
possessing forms no less extraordinary than numerous, whether indigenous
to the Cape of Good Hope, or to the arid shores of Australia, have been held. ”

“ The
lowest greenhouse-temperature that can judiciously be allowed, to prevent
the effects of frost, is sufficient for the generality of the family now in culti-
vation in Britain, and no artificial heat is required for their preservation,
excepting in severe frosty weather." He adds, with reference to pruning,
that "as the rapid upright-growing species are, if left to themselves, shorter-
lived, than others naturally more robust, the free use of the knife is recom-
mended the growth of the plants checked, by keeping the luxuriant
shoots cut back. ”