THE FLOBAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 347 



occurs, the plants may be removed to a cold ground or pit, which 

 can be kept rather close and moist, which, with a little management, 

 will form an excellent situation for them during the summer. A 

 thin shade will be useful for a few hours on the forenoons of very 

 hot days, but this should be used sparingly, and air should be given 

 freely, shutting up early in the afternoon after syringing. Attend 

 to stopping and training, etc., as the specimens advance in growth, 

 and as soon as they appear to require more pot-room, shift into the 

 flowering pots. 



If large and fine specimens are desired, they may now be afforded 

 fifteen-inch pots, which will be sufficient for very large bushes ; or in 

 twelve-inch pot;*, if only moderate-sized specimens are wanted, with 

 the assistance of manure-water, will be sufficiently large. Keep the 

 shoots regularly stopped and tied out, as may be necessary to secure 

 close bushy growth, till about the middle of September, after which 

 they should not be stopped ; and if the weather begins to prove 

 unsettled, remove them to a light, airy part of the sto?e, or where 

 they can have the assistance of a little fire-heat. Give them a liberal 

 supply of manure- water after the pots are supposed to be full of roots, 

 and turn them partly round every week, to prevent them growing 

 one-sided. The specimens will commence flowering from the begin- 

 ning to the middle of December, and will continue to produce an 

 abundant succession of their bright-coloured flowers throughout the 

 wiuter and great part of the spring; but they must be afforded a 

 temperature of from 50° to 60°, keeping them near the glass, and 

 out of the way of cold draughts ; for, although the plant will exist 

 and bloom in the ordinary temperature of the conservatory, its 

 foliage gets discoloured, and it is never seen in perfection save in a 

 somewhat warmer temperature. When the specimens become shabby 

 in spring, they may be severely cut back, and stored away in any 

 spare corner of the greenhouse, keeping them rather dry at the root 

 for a month or six weeks, removing them to a warmer situation by 

 the beginning of June to induce growth. 



Turn them out of the pots as soon as they start into growth, and 

 reduce the balls sufficiently to allow of repotting in the same sized 

 pot ; and keep close and moist until they get over the operation, 

 treating them during the remainder of the season as directed above, 

 and they will afford specimens of any desired size before winter, and 

 will bloom even more freely than young plants. 



November. 



