CHOROZEMA. 
mediate heat ; when fully rooted move 
them singly into small pots, and as soon 
as the shoots have begun to extend freely 
pinch out the points, still keeping the 
atmosphere a little close, shading, and 
syringing overhead regularly when the air 
is shut off in the afternoons. Continue 
this until the end of August, when 
give more air and no shade except when 
the sun is very bright. Keep through the 
winter at a temperature during the night 
of about 50°. Towards the end of February 
move the little plants into 3-inch pots, 
using soil such as already advised, making 
it fine and potting moderately firm. Give 
a little shade as soon as the sun gets more 
power, and avoid side air until the weather 
is warmer; syringe overhead in the 
afternoons later on. Again pinch out the 
points of the shoots, and keep them stood 
well up to the glass. By the end of June 
there should be enough root progress made 
to admit of shifting them on into 6-inch 
pots, after which keep the atmosphere a 
little closer for three weeks, and continue 
to treat in other respects as before. Cease 
shading and syringing at the end of August, 
and winter at about 45° by night. To- 
wards the end of February, give pots 3 
inches larger. Let the drainage be ample 
—say two and a half inches, as from the 
amount of growth they make when doing 
well they require a good deal of water, and 
provision should be made to enable it to 
pass freely off. Use the soil in a somewhat 
lumpy state, broken to the size of small 
walnuts, with one-sixth sand ; pot toler- 
ably hard. Tie all the strongest branches 
out horizontally down to the rims of the 
pots, and place them in a house where they 
can be treated to a somewhat close atmo- 
sphere of 45° night temperature, with 5° or 
10° rise by day. As soon as they show 
that they have taken to the soil, pinch out 
all the points of the shoots, and pick off all 
flowers, so as to direct the whole energies 
of the plants into growth. By the begin- 
ning of May, as the weather gets warmer, 
syringe overhead every afternoon, keeping 
the stage (or, what is still better for these 
plants to stand upon, some medium that 
will retain moisture, such as fine ashes) 
damp ; through the summer season they 
will be much benefited by shght shading 
from direct sun during the hottest part of 
the day. When the shoots have made 6 
inches of growth pinch all the points out, 
and as soon as they have extended another 
6 inches they must again have their points 
pinched back ; this stopping oftener than 
would be required with most plants, is, 
with the strongest-growing Chorozemas, a 
necessity, to keep them bushy and from 
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getting too straggling. If this is not done 
they will require cutting back, which 
simply means a waste of time and vigour 
in the plants. After the middle of August 
shade no more, but continue the use of the 
syringe every bright afternoon, until the 
middle of September ; after this they will 
not make so much growth, but will begin 
to set their flowers ; winter at about 40° by 
night. From the rapid growth the more 
vigorous varieties of these plants make, 
they will by the end of this season be nice 
decorative examples for the conservatory, 
or wherever required. They are best 
trained to a few sticks, just sufficient to 
give support ; wind the strongest branches 
round them, and leave the weakest to hang 
loose ; do not tie them in too closely. In 
this way they look much better than if 
trained too formally. They will begin to 
open their flowers during the early spring, 
and will continue for two or three months 
more or less in bloom. By April this 
season they should be shifted into pots 
from 4 to 6 inches larger, and treat them 
as before ; use soil in a little rougher state. 
Their general management through the 
summer should be the same, in respect to 
slight shading, syringing, stopping the 
shoots and keeping them trained, as last 
season. If all goes well they will last in 
good condition for several years without 
more root-room by the use of clear weak 
liquid manure-water once or twice a week 
during their growing season. 
If required for exhibition purposes they 
must be placed, at the beginning of 
February, in a house with a northern 
aspect to be retarded, as from their early 
blooming disposition they would, if left 
in a house where exposed to the full action 
of the sun, be past their best before the 
time required ; at the same time they must 
not here be exposed to too much cold, or 
they will not flower kindly. 
The following varieties are the best of 
the genus :-— 
C. Henchmannii. Is quite a different 
habited plant from the others, having 
small narrow leaves supported on slender 
shoots ; the flowers are produced in pro- 
fusion, but are not nearly so bright in 
colour as the others. It is also a compara- 
tively slow grower. The cultivation of 
this species is similar to that recommended 
for the others, except that it does not re- 
quire so much stopping; and we have 
found it do best in peat and sand alone. 
C. Lawrenceanum. A tall-growing variety ; 
if grown as a trained specimen it must be 
diligently attended to in stopping the shoots, 
or it will get straggling. 
C. varium Chandlerit. This is a free 
