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the stem, which was left about five inches above the surface of the 

 earth, was, by a more sudden turn, brought to the centre of the pot 

 and there fastened upright to a stick. Should the stem crack in this 

 operation.it will not effect the plant, if it be not severed. 



The plants were placed in a shady situation ; when the tops have 

 shot a little, they were pinched off to about four inches : as soon as 

 the laterals had started, the pots were exposed to the full sun ; at the 

 latter end of August, they were shifted into 24"., the pots placed a foot 

 apart and constantly kept moist with water or liquid manure. Thus 

 treated they averaged from fourteen to twenty inches, and clothed with 

 a fine healthy foliage down to the pots. They were placed in the 

 greenhouse and sitting rooms, and produced the finest bloom I ever 

 saw. 



This may appear a lengthy process ; but when it is considered, that 

 we take more trouble to produce a fine balsam or cockscomb ; surely, 

 it will not be thought too much pains to bestow upon this delightful 

 flower that cheers the last ray of departing autumn " when all fair 

 things are passing away." 



ARTICLE IV. 



ON THE CULTURE OF IPOMOPSIS ELEGANS. 



BY J. M., ESQ. HANTS, 



If Medicus does not obtain better advice relative to preserving the 

 Ipomopsis Elegans than what follows, even this may prove acceptable. 

 I pot the plants in light soil, with about an inch of small drainage at 

 the bottom, over which I place a tuft of moss ; when obliged to shift 

 them, I am very careful not to disturb or frijure any of the young roots, 

 and sometimes (when plants were scarce) I have broken the pot, as the 

 safer way. In planting I always elevate the plant (as it were on a 

 little hill) in the middle of the pot, such as heaths are served ; and I 

 take care in giving water, which requires to be done moderately, but 

 often, not on any account to let it touch the stem of the plant. Let 

 Medicus do this, and keep them in a light and airy situation in the 

 greenhouse, or turn them out if he wishes them to grow more luxu- 

 riantly, into the border in the spring, (the border being composed of 

 light and open mould) and though I do not say he will not lose one or 

 more plants without being able to account for their dying, yet I think I 

 may confidently assert that the majority of his patients will do credit to 

 his cause provided he attends them after the manner I have prescribed. 



