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placed under ihe conditions most favourable to their enjoying a 
thorough rest. 
Early in August they will commence to grow freely, the first 
indication of a renewal of activity being the appearance of the young 
shoots above the surface of the soil. When these can be seen, they 
must receive immediate attention, for they will receive considerable 
injury if long neglected. Ample space for the spread of the roots 
and an abundance of water, are two essential features in their culti- 
vation. From the small sixties, transfer to eight-inch pots, putting 
one plant in each, and employ a compost of three parts turfy loam, 
two parts old decayed manure, and one part of sharp sand. Water 
moderately first, but as they progress in growth, and the roots 
extend freely, the supplies must be more abundant, and on no 
account must they suffer from a lack of moisture in the soil. If the 
latter is allowed to become dry, and remain so for a very short 
period, the leaves will assume a yellowish colour, and eventually fall 
off, and the plant necessarily becomes quite worthless. They want 
syringing occasionally, to prevent the inroads of red spider, which 
has a decided partiality to the foliage. Healthy plants will produce 
on an average six shoots each, and these are cut and sent to market 
when about five feet in height. Strings on a trellis of some kind 
must be provided for the support of the slender shoots. Here the 
market growers train them to strings, about three shoots to each, 
and when of the length mentioned above, each string realizes about 
a quarter of adollar. In private gardens they are frequently trained 
to wires fixed to the roof. 
The second spring they should be dried off early in April, and 
again have a thorough rest, and in August following be shifted into 
pots one size larger. The second winter they will produce more 
shoots, and grow with greater vigour, and also flower and produce 
seed. The flowers are small, of a greenish white, and decidedly 
fragrant, and the fruit is of a bright red colour, and contains from 
three to five seeds. Weak liquid manure may be applied with ad- 
vantage when the plants are in full growth. 
Manenester Royan Boranican Socrery’s Wurrsun Exurpirion, June 2 
ro 8.—This exhibition well sustained the high reputation enjoyed by this important 
society for the completeness and splendour of its Whitsuntide exhibitions, and 
afforded an immense amount of gratification to the tens of thousands of the Man- 
chester people who resort to the society’s gardens, at Old Trafford, on Whit-Monday. 
The old arrangement was adhered to: the exhibition-house was filled with stove 
and greenhouse plants and cut flowers, and the great tent was laid out asa garden, 
and tastefully arranged with groups of roses, rhododendrons, azaleas, pelargoniums, 
and lilies; these being relieved with abundant greenery in the shape of pyramid 
ivies, ferns, lycopodiums, coniferous trees, and a groundwork of grass banks. The 
scene as viewed from the mound at the head of the tent was not only pleasing but 
rich and high toned, justifying all Mr. Findlay’s skill in designing and care in 
carrying into effect the general svheme of a picturesque display. The show was 
rich in highly meritorious contributions, especially of orchids, new plants, pelar- 
goniums, ferns, and cut flowers, and asa whole was full and brilliant and thoroughly 
enjoyable. 
July. 
