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By subjecting the plants to similar treatment a second season, 

 and with good management, they should be nice-sized specimens for 

 flowering ; but those intended to flower should not be kept growing 

 too late in autumn, as in this case they would probably not bloom 

 so freely. 



Flowering specimens should be allowed to remain in some cool, 

 airy part of the greenhouse until the blossoms open, aud should be 

 shaded from sunshine to preserve the beauty of the flowers, which, 

 soon fade under bright sunshine. After blooming, cut the shoots 

 back sufficiently to insure a close growth ; give a moderate shift, and 

 keep rather moist and close, but not warm, until they get into free 

 growth, and otherwise attend to them as already recommended; but 

 large plants may be gradually inured to exposure to the open air 

 and removed to a sheltered situation out of doors, where they will 

 be screened from the mid-day sun. If placed in the open air, how- 

 ever, they must be carefully protected from heavy falls of rain, for 

 they are very impatient of too much moisture at the root. Cuttings 

 of the half-ripe wood root freely enough ; but beginners will find it 

 to their advantage to leave their propagation to those who have 

 proper convenience, and give their attention to this part of plant 

 culture. For soil, use the very best peat that can be procured, 

 selecting prime fibry pieces, which should he broken up rather small, 

 and well intermixed with a liberal allowance of sharp silver-sand and 

 a sprinkling of lumpy bits of charcoal or clean small potsherds, to 

 ensure the free percolation of water through the mass. 



CYRTOCERAS REFLEXU1L 



j|LTHOUGE not oue of the most showy of plants, this is 

 certainly one of the most useful, being, under proper 

 management, covered with its clusters of rather pretty 

 and singular-looking flowers for several months at a 

 time ; they are produced from the axil of almost every 

 leaf on the young wood, and the flowers remain long in perfection. 

 But to have it in perfection it requires to be grown in a close, moist, 

 warm temperature, and enjoys a gentle bottom-heat ; and unless 

 these conditions can be ail'orded it, there will he little chance of 

 having it in a thriving state. 



Propagation is easily effected by means of cuttings of the rather 

 firm young wood, which root readily under a hand-glass in bottom- 

 heat. The cuttings should be potted singly in small pots, as soon 

 as they arc well rooted, and replaced iii a moist warm temperature, 

 affording them bottom-heat until they become well-established; if 

 possible, shade slightly from bright sunshine, keeping the atmo- 

 sphere thoroughly moist, and sprinkling the plants frequently 

 overhead, but water wry cautiously at the rool, for a soil saturated 

 with water is very injurious to this plant. As soon as well estab- 



September. 



