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8ize larger, using sandy peat with one-fourth part of loam added. 

 The next shift will be into their blooming pots, when great care 

 mutt be taton to afford plenty of drainage, but placing a layer ot 

 m fs otr trcr^cks to pLenl the fine earth running J« 

 them Over-potting is most injurious, and it is only by a regular 

 course of proves fonal potting, using at each stage pots only one 

 Te Tar4r P than the last" that a satisfactory bloom can be obtained. 

 The best time to not is mmediately after they have done flowering, 



KONDELETIA SPECI03A. 



but if needful they may be shifted six weeks before flowering, but 

 ^oTanTJco^it lair. When coming into bloom, they require 

 p enty of wa'er both overhead and at the roots, and he empe 

 Should not be lower than 70°. . During ™ mm *t>f^F*S 

 may range from 05" to 90° ; during winter from oO* to 60 • Ihey 

 nr<. nmiallv trained on wire balloons, and if carefully done the 

 Sss^msLy be displayed very effectually, but sufficient export 

 may be given by means of stakes or wirework of a height ot eighteen 

 inches, when the bunches may be arranged to foil over m a free 

 and natural way. 



February. 



