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■will have made great progress, and become good sized plants, and 

 those which will not be likely to be overgrown by such a stimulant 

 may have occasional watering with liquid manure. Cow-dung is 

 the best manure to use, as by it the flowers are made brighter in 

 colour. About the end of October potting should be proceeded 

 with, taking care to pot them into the same soil as that described. 

 A change of soil at this period is highly prejudicial. Six or eight- 

 inch pots should be devoted to the largest plants ; and soil rougher 

 than that formerly described. Place them in a greenhouse, close to 

 the glass, thus they will be prevented from being drawn up too 

 weakly. They may be also grown in a frame during the winter, if 

 there is a flue or hot-water apparatus, to prevent the frost from 

 injuring them. Between this and the time for flowering let all 

 means be taken to insure a vigorous growth, carefully tying out, so 

 that the plants may assume a neat and compact form. About the 

 end of February they will have expanded their flowers ; then the 

 varieties of colour, long continuance in bloom, and the splendid 

 show which will be formed by them, in the greenhouse or conserva- 

 tory, at this period of the year when there is little else in bloom, 

 will amply repay the grower for the care which has been bestowed 

 upon them, and any person, by practising the above, may calculate 

 on success. As soon as the bloom begins to decay, and the leaves 

 are turniug yellow, less water must be applied. Remove them into 

 a frame, or, if not convenient, out of doors will suit them. As the 

 plants are of an herbaceous habit, they require a period of rest. 

 Some persons prefer growing them entirely in a pit, with a com- 

 mand of heat, which should only be used in case of frost, removing 

 them to the conservatory, or greenhouse, when in bloom. Tie the 

 side-shoots out, and give the plants plenty of room. This, with 

 cleanliness, will make them grow in any soil. 



NOTES ON" TRANSPLANTING. 



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jOW, while the season in which trees and shrubs that 

 have to be carried long distances may be transplanted 

 with a fair prospect of success, or even such as occupy 

 but a day or so in their transit, must of necessity be 

 comparatively limited ; where they have to be removed 

 merely a few hundred yards at most, the circumstances are very 

 different, and will allow transplanting to be carried on, at least in a 

 limited degree, during the greater part of the year. It is often of 

 much importance to do this. That it may be safely accomplished,, 

 the directions and examples to be presently given will show. In 

 laying down rules for guidance in any operation, it becomes exceed- 

 ingly difficult to particularise between the general and the special. 

 In fact, it is almost impossible to do so ; something must always be 

 left for experience to ascertain. And it is in consequence of those who 





