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Lave a light and warm corner assigned tlieni. They grow freely in 

 a shady position, but the flower-apikes are not so freely produced, 

 and hence it may be inferred that free exposure to the fight is one 

 of the chief elements in the production of first-class specimens. 



AVith reference to their cultural requirements generally, it may 

 be said that they require a moderately open soil and well-drained 

 pots. A mixture of turfy loam and fibrous peat in equal propor- 



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tions, after it has had liberal quantities of small crocks and silver 

 sand incorporated with it, is iu every way suitable. The pots 

 should as a rule be filled to one-third of their depth with broken 

 crocks. As regards the supply of water, it will suffice to say that 

 throughout the growing season they must not be stinted with mois- 

 ture at the roots, and at the same time the centre of the plants 

 should be kept full of water. During the winter season they must 

 be kept rather dry at the roots, and the centre free from water. 



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