170 Some observations on the 



the flourishing state of the plants in the stoves at Belmont Place, 

 under the excellent management of Mr. Haggerston, and also at 

 some other establishments. But the instances have been few, 

 owing to the very limited number of stoves which are attached 

 to the private residences or public gardens in this country. In 

 the summer season we have seen it frequently, but under such 

 circumstances that but half of its splendor has been developed. 

 We shall first give its management in pots, and afterwards in the 

 open border. 



Plants destined for pot culture should be selected from a strong 

 and vigorous stock, and whether from a layer or a cutting is im- 

 material. If an old plant is growing in the border, let a k\v No. 

 1 pots be filled with a compost of loam and old manure, or de- 

 cayed leaves, with a small portion of sand. This should be done 

 in August or early in September, so that the plants may have a 

 chance to get well established before winter sets in. The strong- 

 est shoots should be selected, and small pegs should be prepared 

 to fasten them into the pot, which should be plunged into the soil, 

 on a level with the surface. They will root in a fortnight or 

 three weeks, and may then be taken off, and the plants placed in a 

 warm situation for another fortnight, occasionally watering them as 

 they require it. If the layers were put down the first of Sep- 

 tember they may be cut off" by the 15th or 20th. It will now be 

 the 1st of October, and they should be potted off into No. 2 

 pots, in the same soil as before mentioned. If the weather proves 

 cool after this they had better be removed to a frame, where they 

 may stand till the 1st of December, being careful, however, to 

 water very sparingly, and at no time to give them but just enough 

 to keep them from drying up. After this they may be removed 

 to an airy place in the green-house, where they should also re- 

 ceive little or no water. Here let them remain until the first of 

 February. 



At this time the plants should be removed to the stove. Grad- 

 ally give them more water, and as the season advances be liberal 

 in the supplies. Let the plants stand near the glass, and v.^here 

 they will have an abundance of air, otherwise they will fail to flour- 

 ish. A profusion of buds will soon be developed, and by the 1st 

 of March the plants will be in fine bloom. They should now be 

 repotted into No. 3 pots, still keeping them in the same situation 

 and gii'ing moderate supplies of water, being guided, however, 

 somewhat by the state of the weather; if dull, water cautiously. 

 The shoots will now have reached the length of one or two feet 

 with numerous laterals; they may either be allowed to hang grace- 

 fully over the rim of the pot, or trained upright to neat trellis work, 

 just as- s.uits the taste of the cultivator. We are inclined to be- 

 lieve, however, that the plants flower more freely when allowed to 

 assume what appears to be their naturally pendant or trailing habit. 



