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buds which appear should be taken off before they 
become fully matured. 
The Tea-scented and other tender sorts should 
be potted into seven or eight-inch pots, about 
March or April, and either grown under glass, 
being plunged in a gentle bottom heat, or other- 
wise grown out of doors upon a hotbed, where a 
genial bottom heat can be obtained throughout the 
summer. Early in October the plants should be 
re-potted, taking pots according to the size of the 
plants, say from eight to nine inches in diameter ; 
a portion of the old soil should be removed, but 
this should be done without injuring or disturbing 
the roots. After potting, place them in a sheltered 
situation until about the end of November ; they 
may then be pruned, and if they have been pro- 
perly disbudded, and the shoots have been trained 
during the previous growth, little more than 
shortening the shoots down to three or four eyes 
will be necessary. The Tea-scented sorts will not 
require to be cut so hard, in fact they should 
receive only moderate pruning. The plants may 
now be taken into the forcing house, the pots 
being plunged to their full depth in prepared beds 
of leaves or tan ; here they should remain for the 
first fortnight without any artificial heat being 
applied, after which begin gently, increasing the 
temperature gradually as the plants are commencing 
to grow. The plants being brought up rather close 
to the glass, to receive all the benefit to be derived 
from sun and light, will be somewhat exposed to 
sudden changes of temperature ; to provide against 
