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VAEIETIES FOE POTTING. 



ment recommended for greenhouse culture, and 

 they must be kept under glass till the time for 

 exhibiting. 



The above are all of first-rate quality ; their 

 flowers are very double, and their petals thick, 

 and not liable to fade quickly. About the end of 

 October worked plants should be selected on very 

 straight stems, not more than from six to eight 

 inches in height. Care must be taken that their 

 roots are so formed that eachplant may he placed 

 in the centre of the pot: unless this is strictly 

 attended to, they will make but a poor appear- 

 ance, as may be seen by some of those exhibited 

 at the horticultural shows. If any of the large 

 roots interfere with the position of the plant in 



