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but shaded against powerful sun. A shift into pots a size larger will be of 

 great benefit for their strength and healthy development ; and whilst the 

 roots arc growing to the outside of the balls from the second shift, the place 

 for their future destination in the open ground should be prepared. And 

 here I might venture to say, when we are desirous to bring pceonies to that 

 state of perfection which they are able to attain, and form objects of ad- 

 miration, a favorable position is indispensable. How often do we meet with 

 single plants, or whole beds of pseonies, crowded and neglected under the 

 wide-spreading branches of full-grown trees ! Plants thus situated some- 

 times produce their blossoms as profusely as those planted in a better 

 locality ; but when spring comes on, a slight shower or a gentle breeze ia 

 sufficient to bend their heads and spoil their blooms, and this only for want 

 of vigorous and healtliy growth. Therefore plant your pseonies in a free 

 Bituation, allowing them six feet in circumference, where no spade nor 

 other garden tool may injure their roots, and these — the herbaceous kinds, 

 for example — will attain a height of three feet and more ; they will bear 

 their flowers in the most conspicuous manner, and prove the most orna- 

 mental objects of the garden. — [Gard. Jour., 1852, p. 612.) 



Stephanotus Floribunda. — When I state that this lovely stove twiner 

 comes from Madagascar, it will be readily inferred that it likes a warm, 

 moist temperature, to promote vigorous growth and secure an abundant 

 display of its snowy white, deliciously fragrant blossoms ; nevertheless, 

 like many other plants which are natives of warm climates, when the wood 

 is properly ripened, it may be wintered in a temperature very little warmer 

 than that of an ordinary greenhouse; indeed, it is more easily accom- 

 modated in this respect than would be supposed, by persons having only for 

 their guide the climate of its native country. 



It may be propagated by short-jointed cuttings of the young wood, se- 

 lected from flowering plants, if possible, in a half ripe state, planted in 

 sandy peaty soil, covered with a bell-glass, and plunged in a brisk bottom- 

 heat of about 85°, in which they will emit roots freely, and probably be 

 ready for potting singly, in small pots, in the course of a month or six 

 weeks from the time in which thev were put in. They must be returned to 

 bottom-heat after potting singly, and kept close and moist during the sum- 

 mer, and shifted as necessary. Cuttings got in early in March, and properly 

 attended to during the summer, may easily be made into well-established 

 plants, in C-inch pots, in the course of the season. Winter them in a light, 

 airy situation, where the temperature may range from 50° to 60°, and water 

 cautiously and rather sparingly. 



As early in spring as convenient, remove the young plants to a brisk 

 bottom-heat of 80° or 85°, and maintain a close, moist, warm temperature, 

 of from 70° to 75°. Any weak, straggling shoot, should be cut back, and 

 the stronger ones shortened ; and any of the plants that may have filled 

 their pots with roots should be shifted, — a liberal shift being given to such 

 as are vigorous and thriving. It is advisable, however, at this stage, to 

 decide as to whether the plants are intended for planting out or flowering 

 in pots, and also the sized specimen preferred. Well established plants in 



