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C. ramuliflo'ra (branehlet-flowered), 1. White. 

 June. 1822. 



rei-o'lvens (revolving). 1. White. August. 



1820. 



rnsula'ris (small-rosy), i. White. July. 



1819. Herbaceous. 



rotund if o'lia (round-leaved). 1. White. 



August. 1820. 



sra'brtt (rough-leaved). $. Pale yellow. June. 



1730. 



,w/iv?7/ (roughish). A. White. 1810. 



sputhula'tu (spathulated). . White. Au- 



gust. 1774. 



squamula'sa . (scaley). A. White. July. 1817- 



Telephioi'rtes (Tele'phium-like). 1. White. 



July. 1818. 



tetrago'nn (four-angled). 2. White. Au- 



gust. 1711. 



Culture. Of the annual and biorniul 

 species the seeds should he sown in 

 pots in spring, and when the seedlings 

 will hear handling, separated and 

 planted singly in other pots. The 

 same soil suits them as the perennial 

 succulent species, which are those 

 most in request. The culture of these is 

 us follows, whether for bedding-out or 

 growing constantly under glass. Make 

 short cuttings, about the end of August 

 or in September, of the tops of the 

 young shoots which have not flowered, 

 and after the cuttings are rooted, place 

 singly in small pots and grow till the 

 end of October, when the pots are filled 

 with roots. From this time to the 

 end of February keep in a cool green- 

 house, on a shelf close to the glass, and 

 give two or three waterings during the 

 winter. As soon as the plants begin to 

 move in the spring stop them at about 

 three or four inches from the pot, and a 

 few of the top leaves take off, to facilitate 

 the growth of new shoots. As soon as 

 these are well formed thin them, so as 

 to leave but from three to six shoots on 

 each plant, according to its strength ; 

 and, as soon as the shoots are two 

 inches long, shift into pots a si/e or 

 two larger, in a mixture of yellow loam 

 and pounded bricks, well drained. 



After the spring potting, indulge with 

 a little more than greenhouse-heat, by 

 placing them for two or three weeks in 

 a peach-house or vinery, or a close pit, 

 to have them in full vigour by the 

 middle of May, because the earlier in 

 the summer they complete their annual 

 growth the more time and sun they 

 have to finish their ripening process. 

 About midsummei', or before the be- 



j ginning of July, their growth is finished, 

 I and then turn out of doors, and plunge 

 ; in sand close to the front Avail of a hot- 

 | house, where the heat in the dog days 

 j will often range from 80 to 100, and 

 where little rain can get at them, the 

 spouting which receives the water from 

 the roof passing over their heads. The 

 sand in which they are plunged gets 

 very hot also, and by watering it occa- 

 sionally between the pots the roots 

 are kept sufficiently moist without any 

 water being given on the soil in the 

 pots. This treatment is more uniform 

 and more natural to them than any 

 mode of pit or greenhouse culture. 



On the first indication of frost re- 

 move into shallow cold pits, where the 

 lights can be drawn off them every mild 

 day till the end of November, then 

 move them to a dry shelf in the green- 

 house; but they could be wintered in a 

 dry pit from which the frost could be 

 kept. 



During the following spring keep as 

 cool as possible, being among the first 

 set of greenhouse plants to be removed 

 into cold pits when plants begin to grow 

 in the spring, and about the last plants 

 to be bedded out at the end of May ; 

 and they make the most brilliant bed 

 for the whole season, flowering for six 

 weeks to two months, according to the 

 situation of the beds. We prefer the 

 tall dark scarlet, or old 6'. cocdneu, for 

 beds, but there are three or four dis 

 tinct sorts that do equally well in pots. 

 It often happens that plants with 

 only two shoots will produce but one 

 head of bloom, and then the second 

 shoot will be sure to follow the year 

 after, and thus a plant may be made to 

 flower every year. 



If this plant with two shoots offers to 

 i flower on both instead of one, and you 

 | wish the plant to flower every year, you 

 j must forego the pleasure of having 

 ' both shoots to flower the first season. 

 In that case, as soon as you can per- 

 ceive the flower-buds in the spring, you 

 must cut down one of the two shoots 

 and let the other one flower. The lower 

 down the shoot is cut the better. If 

 there is only an inch or two of it left, 

 it is sure to produce three times the 

 number of young shoots that will be 



