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within two or three joints of the 

 bottom. The cuttings continue 

 growing, but the phinis which 

 have made their growth after 

 blooming are not to be excited 

 into further growth on any ac- 

 count: they need but little water, 

 and cannot be kept too cool. 

 Seedlings must be weeded, and 

 when large enough pricked out 

 tljree or four in a pot round the 

 edges, and then, when large 

 enough, potted singly; therefore 

 now prick out small seedlings, and 

 pot those that are large enough, 

 and shift any that have been pre- 

 viously potted and filled their pots 

 with roots. Large specimens re- 

 quire to be regulated a little, 

 because the beauty of the plant 

 consists in a tolerably even sur- 

 face, for the blooms will come at 

 the ends. All the shoots, and 

 any branches that protrude very 

 much, must be tied up sloping 

 higher, or down sloping lower, to 

 bring the end even with the sur- 

 face formed by the ends of the 

 other branches. All through the 

 winter they should be kept close 

 in bad weather, and have all the 

 air when the weather is fine. 



Camellia Japoiiica. — These noble 

 plants now show their bloom- 

 buds plainly. Take the plants one 

 at a time, and, by means of a 

 stick or two and bass matting, 

 constrain their form to the best 

 advantage. If there be any strag- 

 gling branch with no bloom on 

 cut it off at once ; but if there 

 be a bloom-bud let it be till tlie 

 flower comes out, when it may be 

 taken to greater advantage. These 

 may be carefully shifted if they 

 require room, but not carelessly, 

 for the buds may grow instead of 

 bloom. Let these plants be so 

 placed as to have plenty of room. 

 Camellias may be placed on the 



cooler side of the house, if there 

 be one side cooler than the 

 other. 



Chinese Primroses. — "While these 

 plants are growing and filling tljeir 

 pots with roots continue to give 

 them room. In shifting from one 

 pot to another never omit the 

 drainage. You need not break the 

 ball of earth, nor remove the old 

 drainage, but let there always be 

 some fresh to each ; stir the surface 

 well, and see that the fibres are 

 not damaged by stirring too low. 

 These plants should be occasion- 

 ally well watered, but not often. 

 When the soil in the pot is satu- 

 rated it will last a long time 

 without any more, and the plant 

 might almost flag before it is 

 watered again. 



Fuchsias. — The plants that have 

 bloomed early, and have got 

 shabby, should be deprived of all 

 their weakly shoots, and the strong 

 ones should be spurred in within 

 two or three inches of the main 

 stem at the bottom, and within 

 half an inch at the top. 'ihey may 

 then be placed in a dry part of 

 the greenhouse, where they will 

 not require any further watering 

 for months. Those which have 

 not begun to look shabby, but 

 continue flowering, may be placed 

 in a conspicuous part of the green- 

 house for the sake of the flowers. 

 All small plants may be kept 

 growing, and due attention be 

 paid to stopping them, or other- 

 wise, according as you desire to 

 regulate their shapes; but the 

 water must not be lavished much 

 upon Fuchsias at this time of 

 year. The blooming plants absorb 

 a good deal of moisture, and those 

 in full growth do also ; but, for 

 the most part, these plants are 

 not moving much, and therefore 

 must only be watered when the 



