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of Heatlis or suchlike. The pot should be set in a cool house or pit, 

 near the glass, and indeed in all stages of their growth they should be 

 kept as near the glass as may be convenient. When the cuttings have 

 made roots, pot them off singly and set them in a cool pit, where they 

 can be kept moderately close for a time, until they make fresh roots, 

 when they should be allowed a moderate quantity of air. If kept too 

 close for a lengthened period, they are liable to damp off, or to be at- 

 tacked by mildew, which destroys the small foliage and mars the beauty 

 of the plant. 



In repotting they should not get too big shifts, and the soil should 

 be rammed hard about them. The roots are very small and threadlike, 

 so it is best to give small shifts and often, thus getting the whole 

 ball permeated with roots. If large shifts are given the roots find 

 their way to the sides of the pot, and run about it, leaving the centre 

 of the ball almost destitute of roots, and then with repeated waterings 

 the plant is liable to get soured, and suffers in consequence. The 

 plants should be often pinched when young, thus inducing a bushy 

 habit, and they will require fewer stakes to keep them in shape. 

 With proper management they should almost do without stakes 

 altogether, which are always less or more objectionable, and should 

 be used as sparingly as may be. Their time of flowering is the end of 

 summer and autumn, and the ordinary winter treatment should be 

 such as is usually given to Heaths and suchlike plants. 



GENETYLLIS TULIPIFERA. 



This plant is not nearly so much grown, or even so well known, as 

 it deserves to be. As an exhibition plant, when well grown and 

 flowered, it has few equals. Though the individual flowers are not 

 very showy, yet when closely examined they are very beautiful, and 

 as they are borne in the greatest profusion, a well - flow^ered speci- 

 men is a grand object ; the flowers are also very persistent, lasting in 

 good condition for months. It will thus be seen that this plant deserves 

 a place in the smallest collection of greenhouse plants. It is also very 

 useful for house-work when of moderate size, but is not suitable for 

 cutting from, the flowers being too stiff for this purpose. 



They are generally considered somewhat difficult plants to manage, 

 and no doubt they require a good deal of care, else large portions of 

 them will die off in the most unaccountable manner, and this 

 more particularly should anything go wrong with the drainage. In 

 potting, therefore, this should receive particular attention. Good 

 drainage does not so much consist in the quantity of crocks as in the 

 manner they are put in : they should be put in carefully, and not 

 merely thrown in any way, under the idea that if plenty are put in 

 the drainage must be all right. Further, the crocks should be washed 

 clean before using, and then what particles of soil may be washed 

 down during the process of watering will be less likely to find a lodg- 



