220 THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



This treatment will soon induce free growth in plants that have 

 been properly wintered and are in good health, and such should be 

 afforded a liberal shift before the roots become matted in the pots. 

 In shifting, be careful to have the balls and soil to be used in a 

 properly moist state, and apply water cautiously until the plants get 

 established in their fresh pots, after which give air and water more 

 freely, and treat them as recommended for last season. Attend to 

 stopping the shoots as they advance in growth, and stake and tie 

 them out, so as to induce compact bushy specimens ; but plants 

 intended to bloom in autumn must not be stopped later than the 

 beginning or middle of June, and largo specimens can hardly be 

 produced to bloom the first year after propagation ; but useful 

 little plants may be grown in this time, and had in flower early in 

 August. If it is decided to afford any of the plants another season's 

 growth before allowing them to bloom, those should be shifted in 

 July, or earlier, if the pots are full of roots, regulating the size of 

 the pot by the season at which it is given, and the health of the 

 specimen, avoiding a large shift late in the season. Winter them as 

 already indicated, and be careful not to over-water at the root while 

 the plants are in a dormant state. 



The same treatment as directed for last spring may be resorted 

 to, if the specimens are not sufficiently large, but discontinue 

 stopping by the middle of May or beginning of June, and, as soon 

 as they start into growth after the last stopping, keep them in a 

 rather airy and drier situation, exposing them to full sunshine, 

 except for a short time before noon, and very warm days, and then 

 a thin shade only should be used, discontinuing it as soon as the 

 plants are inured to bear the full force of the sun's rays. 



When in flower, they should occupy a light part of a cool airy 

 house. After their beauty is over, the stronger shoots should be 

 well cut back, and the plants removed to a light airy part of the 

 greenhouse, and winter with the same care as on previous seasons. 

 When they commence growth in spring, the weaker shoots should 

 be stopped or cut back, removing altogether as many of the weakly 

 ones as can be spared. This wdl keep the specimens dwarf and 

 compact ; and, with care and watering, etc., and a small shifc every 

 othor year, they will last for several seasons. If the plants are in 

 good health, and the pots moderately filled with roots, they may be 

 placed in a warm sheltered spot out of doors, as soon as summer 

 weather commences, where they may be allowed to remain until 

 they begin to expand their blossoms. For soil, use good fibry rich 

 peat, light sandy turfy loam, and leaf-soil, in about equal pro- 

 portions, and add an equal allowance of sharp silver sand and pot- 

 sherds, or charcoal broken into small pieces. Break up loam into 

 small pieces before it is used. 



