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growth, ihey may be set out in nursery rows, or be planted where 

 they are to remain. 



The layers should be laid down in the autumn, the shoots being 

 cut on the backs at one or two Joints, and well laid into the ground. 

 They are generally well rooted in twelve months, when they may be 

 taken off and removed to where they are to remain. 



The cuttings of the young shoots should be planted in pots of 

 light earth in the early spring, plunging them in a mild hot-bed; or 

 they may be planted in a shady border in the summer season. When 

 well rooted, they should be carefully taken up and planted w^iere 

 they are to remain, either in the autumn or spring. 



The second sort is increased by sowing the seed either in the au- 

 tumn or spring, in the places where the plants are to flower, in patches 

 of several seeds together. When they come up, they should be thin- 

 ned out to two or three plants in each patch. 



The two last sorts may be increased by sowing the seeds in the 

 early spring months, in [pots filled with rich light mould, plunging 

 them in a moderate hot-bed under glasses, or, what is better, in the 

 bark-bed of the stove. W hen the plants are up, and have attained 

 two or three inches in growth, they should be removed into separate 

 small pots, watering them well, and replunging them in the hot-bed, 

 where they must be kept. 



They may likewise sometimes be raised by planting cuttings of 

 the young shoots in pots of the same sort of earth, in the spring or 

 summer, giving them water, and plunging them in the bark hot-bed. 

 They should afterwards be managed as the others. 



The two first hardy sorts are highly ornamental in the borders and 

 clumps, among other flowery plants; and the two last tender sorts 

 produce much variety by their beautiful flowers in the stove and con- 

 servatory collections. 



