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stopping early in August, and the plants will be in fine condition for 

 taking up and potting about the second week in September. At 

 this stage put tbem in five-inch pots, if they are not too large, and 

 then they can be conveniently shifted into eight-inch pots in the 

 following spring ; this size pot is mentioned because it is the most suit- 

 able for conservatory decoration, and the size in which they are usually 

 exhibited. At the end of the summer they will require pruning, 

 and if the season is not too far advanced, plant them out as soon aa 

 the young shoots, which make their appearance after the plants are 

 pruned, are grown half-an-inch in length. Take them up and re-pot 

 towards the end of September, in pots the same size as that recom- 

 mended for putting them in the autumn previous. 



With respect to general management, it may be said that weak 

 liquid manure once a week will be beneficial when the pots are well 

 filled with roots, and that the plants must not be over-fed, either by 

 employing a large proportion of manure in the compost, or by the tise 

 of strong liquid manure. When over-fed, they grow too luxuriantly 

 and the leaf tints decrease in brilliancy, and the Bronze Zonals be- 

 come nearly as green as the ordinary Green-leaved Zonals. During 

 the growing season they require moderately liberal supplies of water ; 

 but from the end of October until the beginning of March, they must 

 be kept rather dry, and during that period no water should be 

 allowed to touch the leaves of the Golden and Silver Zonals ; and those 

 of the other sections should be kept as dry as possible. At all 

 seasons of the year they must be exposed to the full light, except 

 during very brilliant sunshine in June and July, and then the shad- 

 ing materials must be thin. You must also promote a free circulation 

 of air amongst them. Very little training will be required beyond 

 tying out the principal shoots regularly, and in bringing them 

 down in a horizontal manner to form theTouudation, excepting to stop 

 any shoot that grows more vigorously than the others. Plants intended 

 for exhibition should, after the end of April, be placed in a frame, 

 where they can be elevated, so as to be within a few inches of the 

 glass ; and in congenial weather the lights ought to be elevated both 

 at the back and front. 



The finest eight varieties in each of the three classes are — Golden: 

 Achievement (Turner's), Ealing Rival, Edward Packard li- 

 Howarth Ash ton, Miss Goring, Mrs. Grieve, Macoelh (Bell and 

 Thorpe's), Prince of Wales. Silver: Clorinda, Eva Fish, Lass o" 

 Gowrie, Mrs. Col. Wilkinson, Mysterious Night, Mrs. Bousby, Princess 

 Beatrice (Paul's), and Felici/ii. Bnoxzs : Annie Keelcr, - 

 Douglas, Earl Bosshjn, Heine Victoria, Impcratrice Eugenic, Princess 

 of Wa&es (Downie and Co's), W.B. Morris, and Mrs. John Lee. As all 

 the above are expensive, we will make a second selection to comprise 

 the cheapest kinds. 



There can be no hesitation in recommending the following as the 

 best in their respective classes, which can be purchased at prices not 

 exceeding five shillings each ; but most of them can be procured for 

 less than half-a-crown each. Golden : Countess of Craven, Edward 

 M-ilner, Humming Bird, Lady Cullum, Sophia Cusack, Plutarch, 

 Queen Victoria, Sir B. Napier, and Victoria Begincs. Silver : Ban- 



