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ly and quickly as when the plant is potted high in tlie pot. The plants be- 

 ing potted, place them in the stove, where attention must be paid to water- 

 ing when necessary. They will be very much benefited by being syringed 

 all over at least once a day ; and in sunny days they will require to be syr- 

 inged three or four times each day. With this treatment they will grow 

 amazingly, and in the course of six or eight weeks will have made shoots 

 from three to nine inches in length. They must be kept in the stove 

 till the flower-buds for the ensuing year have attained tlie size of a 

 small pea, which can easily be ascertained by feeling the ends of the 

 shoots ; they should then be placed m the greenhouse for ten days or a 

 fortnight to harden, when, if the weather is suitable, they may be placed 

 out-of-doors in a cool, airy situation, till the time for taking in the general 

 stock of greenhouse plants. 



Where the plants have bloomed so profusely as almost to exhaust them, 

 tie some moss round the principal stems, and keep it constantly moist ; this 

 will cause them to break regularly and grow freely. 



Where there is not the convenience of a stove, I would recommend that 

 the plants be kept in the greenhouse till the buds are well set ; and should 

 this happen so late that tliere are but two or three weeks for them to have 

 the advantage of the open air, still setting them out will be found highly 

 serviceable. 



If the foregoing particulars are attended to, the roots will be emitted in 

 such abundance as completely to fill the pots ; and instead of being liable 

 to perish from over-watering, it will be almost impossible to give them 

 enough, the close mass of thirsty roots absorbing an almost incredible quan- 

 tity of moisture. Treated as above described, all the species and varieties 

 of this splendid tribe will answer the most sanguine wishes and expecta- 

 tions of the cultivator ; and I think it is impossible to bloom some of the 

 sorts properly, as Smithii, and others, under any otlaer mode of treatment : 

 — instead of producing here and there a flower, as is often the case, the 

 plants will be one entire mass of bloom, expanding tlieir brilliant flowers 

 from two and a half to three inches across, and commanding the admiration 

 of all who behold them. 



Where it is required, and the stock of plants is sufficient, the blooming 

 season may be protracted from September till June, affording charming or- 

 naments for autumn, winter, and spring. — [Flor. Cab., 1853, p. 210.) 



Art. II. Domestic .Yotices. 



The American System of Glazing. — Dear Sir: It is so evident that 

 Mr. Leuchars cannot give the explanation we seek, that not to leave 

 him the shadow of an excuse, you were perfectly right in giving him 

 my name. Still, he had no claim to it. I never withhold my name from 

 etatements of fact. An inquiry Is another affiiir. I adopted the anonymous 

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