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four cuttings in each, and when well rooted shift into six-inch pots 
just as they are, and place them in a rather light position in the 
stove. They require no stopping or training. Begonias of the 
winter flowering section form a very pleasing variety, and are easily 
grown, as by placing several cuttings in a small pot and shifting on 
as required, until they reach six or eight inch pots, fine specimens 
may be had. They require a mixture of turfy loam, leaf-mould, and 
manure to insure a vigorous growth. Centradenia rosea is also a 
pretty little plant, which may be had in perfection by the simple 
course of culture advised for the begonias; but it is not a plant to 
be grown in quantities. 
Bouvardias are so good that they deserve to be grown extensively. 
The best is Bouvardia longiflora, which has pure white and very 
sweet-scented flowers, that work well into bouquets. There are 
several other white sorts, but they are not equal to this for flowering 
now. Bouvardia Vreelandi is, perhaps, the next best; it is more 
compact, and blooms rather more freely, but the flowers are smaller, 
and destitute of fragrance. Bouvardia Hogarth is precisely the same 
in general character as Vreelandi, but it has bright scarlet flowers 
which, although deficient in perfume, are so attractive that they are 
extremely valuable for bouquets. To have bouvardias in perfection 
now you have only to strike cuttings in February or March, and 
shift them on as fast as they fill the pots with roots, and to stop 
them two or three times in the course of the season, the last stopping 
to be done about the end of the summer. They do well in a 
cucumber frame or melon pit, until the end of April, as a brisk tem- 
perature and moist atmosphere are most favourable for a vigorous 
growth. After the beginning of May and until September, a warm 
pit, with occasional syringing, will afford them suitable quarters, and 
by shutting up early it will be possible to maintain a free growth 
during this period without the aid of fire-heat. After the first. 
week in September they must have a place in the stove, or a warm 
corner in the intermediate house. 
Epiphyllum truncatum is a grand subject, and as the plants can be 
grown year after year, and increase in beauty in proportion to their 
size, itis one of the best for amateurs. Plants with fifteen-inch stems 
and neat little heads are the best to begin with, and if they are 
purchased shortly it will be possible to secure a good growth, and 
lay the foundation of a fine display of flowers next season. Epi- 
phyllums make their new growth immediately they have done 
flowering, and if they require more room for the roots, shift them as 
soon as the flowers begin to fade into pots one size larger. Place a 
good layer of crocks in the bottom to secure an efficient drainage, 
and pot in a compost of equal parts peat, loam, and leaf-mould, 
with a good sprinkling of sand. Give thema warm corner in the 
stove, and water liberally until the new growth is completed, and 
then gradually lessen the water supply. From May to the time of 
starting them into bloom, a sunny position in the greenhouse, with 
very little water at the roots, will suit them best, and if the soil 
becomes quite dry, and remains so for a fortnight or more, they will 
take no harm. To have them in bloom in January, remove to the 
