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the surface soil some good decayed horse 

 manure early in November, and start the 

 usual daily watering again. New branches 

 will soon appear bearing flowers in December. 

 Rest again, manure and prune as before, and 

 a fresh crop of bloom will appear in March 

 and April. Then again check the water supply 

 in April, this time waiting for a certain amount 

 of leaf shedding; then transfer the plants to 

 other pots. At this repotting give a fresh 

 compost entirely and the roots should not be 

 buried deep in the pots. Plants will flower 

 from July to September ; and the same treat- 

 ment may be continued as above. 



Pot plants should be kept wide apart, the- 

 branches of one pot away from another. The 

 flower buds should also be regulated as re- 

 gards number; leaving one good plump bud 

 on each shoot and pinching off the remainder. 



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