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move them into pots of five or six inches diameter, and in 

 July or August into full-sized ones, that is, eight or ten 

 inches; but though these cuttings will generally root, 

 they do not make such handsome plants as those raised 

 from seed : it is not, therefore, worth while to practise this 

 method unless to preserve some fine double flowers. These 

 flowers love the sun ; but care must be taken to supply in 

 the evening the moisture which has been exhausted during 

 the day. It will be observed, too, as an invariable rule, 

 always to place a plant in the shade when newly potted, 

 and to let it remain there till rooted. 



There are other species of Stock, but these are the most 

 desirable. There is a Cheiranthus, called the C. Qua- 

 drangulus, a native of Siberia, which was introduced into 

 the Paris garden by Jean Jacques Rousseau. The flowers 

 are sulphur-coloured and sweet. It is propagated by seeds, 

 and thrives in the open air, but does not last many years. 



STEAMONIUM. 



DATURA. 



SOLANE^. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Called also Thorn-apple. — French, stramonie ; la pomme epineuse ; 

 herbe aux sorciers ; herbe des magiciens [both signifying conjurors'- 

 wort] ; endormie [sleeper] ; herbe du diable [devil's-wort] ; pomme 

 du diable [devil's-apple] ; herbe a la taupe [mole-wort] ; noix metelle 

 [metel-nut] which last properly belongs to the datura metel. — Italian, 

 datura ; pomo spinoso [thorny-apple] ; stramonio ; noce metella. 



Some few of the Stramoniums require the protection of 

 a stove : the other kinds are usually raised in a hot-bed. 

 The Purple Stramonium is the handsomest: the flowers 

 are purple on the outside, and of a satiny white within ; 



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