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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



In the cultivation of the Pthynchantbera, as well as other melas- 

 tomaceous plants, it is necessary, to secure good specimens, to 

 commence with thrifty plants nicely established in small pots, or 

 cuttings ; for plants which have been kept starving in small pots for 

 a considerable period, seldom, if ever, grow away freely, and form 



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first-class specimens. The cuttings are easily struck, provided the 

 growing points of medium-sized shoots are selected, and inserted in 

 pots filled with ligbt, sandy soil, and the pots plunged in a brisk 

 bottom-heat. "When nicely rooted, they nmst be potted off sepa- 

 rately ; and the best method of dealing with them is to put them in 



