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CHAPTER XXXI. 



TREATMENT OF NEWLY IMPORTED SPECIES. 



Those that are newly imported, and are un- 

 packed from the cases they have been inclosed in, 

 should be immediately placed in a house that can 

 be kept closed, and shaded for a few weeks if the 

 sun is powerful upon them ; they will not require 

 any water until they have begun to grow, and 

 show signs of forming roots : the moisture of the 

 house will be sufficient for them during the time 

 I have specified: neither should their old roots 

 be cut off, as I believe it to be the cause of many 

 being lost. When they have grown sufficiently for 

 either potting or placing on billets of wood, it 

 should be immediately done, in the manner re- 

 commended for the several genera to which they 

 may belong, and in order to ensure their safety, 

 they should be placed where no drip from the 

 moisture of the house will fall upon them ; all 

 possible care should be taken to shield them 

 from the full heat of the sun, or anv other cause 

 likely to exhaust moisture, and thus dry them 

 too much before they get established with roots 

 sufficient to admit of a free watering. 



