(after I have nursed the young plants so as to make sure of 

 not losing it). I hope it will seed more freely this year. I 

 have kept the plant in a greenhouse while I have had it in 

 mv possession, but I think a cold pit would be sufficient pro- 

 tection. After flowering, and when the stems are dead, I 

 have generally reduced the ball of earth and put it in a 

 smaller pot for winter, and have shifted it into larger as cir- 

 cumstances required. I have used sandy loam with a small 

 portion of rotten leaves ; and it grows beautifully till the time 

 of flowering, when the leaves die off. Perhaps a colder situa- 

 tion would be then more suitable for it." 



