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watered. Budded plants force finer than tliose on 

 their own roots ; this can be done with great fa- 

 cility by budding on the Manettii stock or any 

 other strong growing variety. In July or Au- 

 gust, layer the young wood of these plants, and 

 insert the bud at once about a foot from the ground. 

 These layers will be well rooted in October, when 

 they can be lifted, potted, and put into a shady 

 place in any frame or out-house, free from frost, 

 till required for forcing.^ Mildew frequently at- 

 tacks them when in artificial heat ; a few applica- 

 tions of sulphur water will keep it down ; but if 

 the airing has been properly attended to, and the 

 water judiciously given, that disease will not ap- 

 pear. Grafted plants stand out all winter perfectly 

 well with us, if the top is pruned in ISTovember 

 and covered with oiled paper, oil-cloth, matting, 

 or any other similar substitute, which we remove 

 in !March, and frequently find the plants in as good 

 order as they were when tied up. We take this 

 precaution also with many of the Noisette and 

 Bengal varieties. This is so easily practised that 

 it should not be omitted where there is the least 

 dan2:er. 



* If grown one year in pots, they will make finer plants, 

 and may then be made to bloom profusely in the following 

 January. 



