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rest of about five weeks, the plants are to bo 

 shifted into pots one or two sizes larger. By 

 the middle of August it will be time to cut away 

 all weak wood, reserving the young and strong 

 shoots ; these should be tied to neat stakes. As 

 the plants show signs of forming new growth, a 

 httle more water must be given ; they should be 

 housed by the middle of September and treated 

 the same way as the previous year. 



Hybrid Perpetual Eoses must be managed 

 differently from the Teas. They are propagated 

 and grown in the same way until the first of 

 September, when they should be sorted, and 

 all those having the strongest and ripest wood 

 placed by themselves. Water is to be gradually 

 withheld until growth stops, this will be in two 

 or three weeks ; the pots are then to be laid on 

 their sides, on a bed of coal-ashes ; if the weather 

 is hot and dry cover the pots with rough grass, 

 hay, or any light material ; in this condition they 

 can, if desired, remain several weeks, provided 

 they are not allowed to get hard frozen. 



Presuming that the blooms are required for 

 New Year's, the plants should be thoroughly ri- 

 pened by the 25th of September, and must be 



