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the glass as possible, and iii future stages of their growth a similar 

 jjosition in the structure in which they are placed should be given 

 them. As soon as they are about 3 inches high, they should have 

 the points of the leading shoots nipped or cut out, which will induce 

 them to push out three or four shoots, thereby forming a foundation 

 for the future plants. The second year of their existence they 

 should be repotted about the beginning of April, and again about 

 the first week of August, and on neither occasion should they be 

 over-potted — that is, the pots to which they are transferred should not 

 be much larger than those they previously occupied. In the future 

 years of their growth an annual repotting will be all that is required ; 

 and when they occupy pots of a size that it is not desirable to in- 

 crease, they will, if the drainage is all right, remain healthy for several 

 years without repotting. 



After Chorozemas become established, they should be potted in a 

 compost of good fibry loam and coarse river-sand, in the proportion of 

 three parts in the bulk of the former to one of the latter, thoroughly 

 w^ell mixed together before being applied to the roots of the i>lants. 

 When repotting them, the fresh soil should be made moderately firm 

 as the process goes on. During the period of active growth, they re- 

 quire liberal supplies of water to the roots ; and it is essential to their 

 wellbeing that a ready exit be provided for any superabundance that at 

 any time may be given. To secure this, the cultivator should, when 

 the plants are being repotted, provide them with ample and efficient 

 drainage, and thereby guard against the evil results of stagnant water 

 and soured soil coming in contact wdth their roots. It has been pre- 

 viously pointed out in the ' Gardener,' that the efficiency of the drainage 

 depends as much or nearly so upon the arrangement of the materials 

 as upon the quantity supplied ; and this should be kept in mind, 

 particularly by the young cultivator, and especially when repotting 

 specimen plants that have to remain for a considerable length of time 

 in the same pot without being disturbed at the roots. Chorozemas 

 being slender-growing plants, they require staking and training into 

 shape ; and the cultivator, owing to their slender habit, may train 

 them into any shape that he fancies — but in my opinion, that of a 

 blunt cone is the most desirable form. After the plants become 

 sufficiently large for the purpose that they are intended for, they 

 should be annually pruned or cut back immediately after the flower- 

 ing season is past ; and this is also the proper time to clean them 

 from scale or other insects with which they may be affected. Like all 

 plants cultivated under similar circumstances and employed for similar 

 purposes, Chorozemas must be kept free from insect-pests ; and the 

 means previously recommended to be used in the case of other plants 

 applies to them, and need not be repeated here. The following are 

 the three best species that I know of : C. cordata splendens, C. 

 Henchmanii, C. varia Chandlerii. J. Hammond. 



