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the old plants started. The soil should be fibrous loam, 
peat, and leaf mould, with a good share of sand. They 
should be grown in pots if intended for greenhouse decor- 
ation in Winter, as they will not stand moving when in 
vigorous growth. In the extreme South they stand out 
all Winter, and make cheerful objects in the flower gar- 
den. When cultivated in pots, as soon as the bracts 
begin to drop and the leaves fall off, water must be with- 
held from them gradually and eventually allowed to dry 
off and rest in a dry state for a couple of months, when 
they may be completely shaken out of the old soil, put 
in fresh soil in small pots, and shifted on as the growth 
demands it into larger ones. The young shoots it makes 
after commencing growth will root freely in an ordinary 
propagation bed. They are always at their prettiest at 
Christmas, and are more prized on this account, besides 
at this season their bright colors are so remarkably attrac- 
tive among other plants. 
POINSETTIA PULCHERRIMA PLENISSIMA. 
This was introduced as the new double Poinsettia. 
There is, however, very little double to it, but it lasts in 
a state of perfection longer, and has a brighter green 
foliage, than Pulcherrima, and is therefore a very desir- 
able variety. 
POINSETTIA PULCHERRIMA. 
This plant is a native of Mexico, and is one of the gay- 
est of all our Winter decorators. It may be grown from 
eight to nine inches to several feet in height, and forms 
an extremely ornamental object, the large bright scarlet 
bracts resembling the green leaves in form and size, con- 
trasting strongly with the features of every other plant 
with which it can be associated. 
