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you to have two shoots from each lateral, but will cause the leader 

 to push away, and furnish you with plenty of side-wood. The four 

 first tiers of laterals will be enough to pinch this season ; the rest 

 may be allowed to grow on. 



They will be forming nice little plants now, so they may as well 

 be taken to the greenhouse or conservatory, where, with a gay pro- 

 fusion of flowers, they will assist in keeping the house " dressy " 

 for a short time. By tbe middle of ^November, water should be 

 withheld gradually, in order to ripen the wood, and they may be 

 placed in a dry cold pit, or any out-of-the-way place, such as under 

 the greenhouse stage, for instance, where they must remain all the 

 winter, as they will require no more attention till the end of Feb- 

 ruary, when a little water may be applied sparingly to induce them 

 to start ; the knife must now be applied to cut back the side-shoots 

 that were pinched last year, to the second joint on the wood they 

 made after they were pinched, and a couple tiers of single shoots to 

 the second joint, the rest to the first, and the leader to within four 

 inches ; thus you will have a pyramidal basis to work on. 



Place them now in a warm vinery, and they will soon show indi- 

 cations of rapid growth. After they are fairly started, turn them 

 out of their pots, and shake off all loose soil, and examine the 

 roots 5 repot now in ten-inch pots, using strong fibry loam of a rich 

 texture, old cow-dung, leaf-soil, and sand, equal parts well mixed. 

 As stated for last season, attend well to drainage, as they will 

 require no more pot room this season ; replace them again in heat, 

 and pinch in according to the directions laid down for last season, 

 always aiming at having the plant broad and full at the pot, and 

 tapering to the top. Pinching should, however, be stopped after 

 the 1st of June, for by the middle of the month they should get a 

 prominent place in the conservatory, where, by July, they will be 

 the objects of greatest admiration in the house. Liquid manure must 

 not be omitted upon any account, at least three times a week, as this 

 is now the only thing the plant will derive its nourishment from, 

 and will cause it to bloom right on till October, when it will be 

 getting unsightly, and may be removed out of doors to make room 

 for some other favourite. When cold nights set in, remove them, 

 as before, to a cold pit, etc. No more attention will be necessary 

 till spring, when they may be pruned and started according to the 

 time they are wanted in bloom. They can be had in bloom, by 

 putting a few into heat by the beginning of January, about the 

 middle of May. Others, started accordingly, will enable you to 

 have them in flower all the summer. 



