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from other countries, England, France, 

 and Australia being the sources of practi- 

 cally the entire supply. If it is desired 

 to make importations, the prospective 

 importer must get in communication with 

 dealers or hybridizers in either country and 

 make such negotiations as will secure the 

 desired varieties. The plants are generally 

 dried and weakened by the time occupied in 

 transit, and great care will have to be given 

 them in order to save the little life that is 

 left. They should be unpacked and placed 

 in warm water immediately and allowed to 

 remain there for an hour or more, until the 

 roots have become freshened, when they may 

 be potted, using the smallest pots the roots 

 can be gotten into, and soil composed of one 

 third each of sand, fresh loam, and leaf 

 mould, to which should be added a good 

 sprinkling of charcoal, broken fine. The 

 pots should then be placed in a closed case, 

 plunged in sand, and a gentle bottom heat 

 maintained under them until they have 

 started to grow nicely. While the case 

 should be kept reasonably close, sufficient 

 ventilation must be given to prevent the 

 development of fungi. Very little water 



