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of water, allowing it to stand at least twenty-four hours before using ; 

 and when applied, add to every gallon the same quantity of clear 

 water, applying it once every week. As the plants advance in growth, 

 keep them potted into larger pots, using the same compost as before 

 directed, but in a much rougher state. When in bloom, they can be 

 removed into the conservatory or a cooler house, where they will 

 continue in beauty a very long time ; but in doing this it must be 

 borne in mind not to expose them to draughts or cutting winds, but 

 to place them in a quiet situation. 



When they have finished blooming for the season, which will be 

 in September and October, they can be removed into an intermediate 

 house or a stove where the temperature is kept low, exposing them 

 as much as possible to the sun, to ripen their wood, gradually with- 

 holding water until it is entirely withheld from them, and allowing 

 them to go to rest in the dark days of winter. The watering must 

 be regulated entirely by the time they are required to be in bloom ; 

 if a plant is wanted to flower early, withhold the water at an earlier 

 period ; but if a succession is required, continue the watering longer, 

 never allowing the plants to be without it altogether more than one 

 month. When the season arrives to commence their growth for 

 another year, which will be the latter end of December or beginning 

 of January, according to the time you require them to be in bloom, 

 prune them back, leaving two joints of their last summer's wood, 

 and remove the soil about one inch from the top, adding some fresh 

 in its place for a top-dressing. The plant will then be ready to place 

 in the house, as directed last season, and where it can be treated in 

 all respects the same as before. 



At the commencement of the following season, I should advise 

 them to be pruned in closer, and shaken out of their soil altogether, 

 removing all long straggling roots, and placing them in smaller pots. 

 This will afford the means of giving them all fresh soil through the 

 season ; for by keeping them long in the same soil, it will become 

 unkind and very much impoverished. The plants should therefore 

 never be allowed to remain in the same material more than two 

 years. 



The following are the best kinds in cultivation, and as they will 

 all thrive well under the same treatment, I will not attempt to direct 

 my mode of cultivation to either of the varieties in particular, al- 

 though I must admit that the true Grandiflora is by far the most 

 delicate in colour and perfect in shape. The sorts are, Aubletia, 

 Grandiflora, Schotti, Cathartica, and Nerifolia. 



Camden Nursery, Camberwell. William Barnes. 



