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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
{ July 11, 1878. 
daily, and shade them if necessary from bright sun for a few 
days, afterwards expose them fully to light and air, keeping 
them near the glass. When the roots have possession of the 
fresh soil transfer to pots 3 to 4 inches larger, potting mode- 
rately firm, and drain thoroughly. Syringe the plants twice 
a day, watering moderately until the roots are working freely 
in the fresh soil, then copiously, alternating the watering with 
weak liquid manure. 
In the case of a good break it may be necessary to thin the 
shoots’ by disbudding, removing the weakest and such as are 
likely to interfere with the symmetry of the plant, and in 
young plants not well furnished with shoots stopping may be 
resorted to at the third or fourth jomt. Tying and staking 
must be attended to early so as to secure well-formed speci- 
mens, but the habit of the plant is so good that for general 
purposes, beyond tying down a few shoots as may be necessary 
to secure symmetrical heads, nothing of the kind is needed. 
Plants started in March will bloom in late May or early June, 
another lot started in April will succeed them, and a third lot 
grown in houses from which bedding plants have been removed 
will come-in in July and August, when flowers for the con- 
servatory and greenhouse are not oyver-plentiful. 
Propagation is effected by cuttings of the young growths 
when from 3 to 4 inches in length, taking them off close to 
whence they proceed, inserting in sandy loam with a little 
sandy peat, placing in bottom heat, and shading. This is only 
necessary for plants struck in spring, which afford by far the 
best specimens, stopping them at the second joint to induce 
Fig. 4.—SPECIMEN LANTANA. 
side shoots, and those again in like manner being stopped will 
lay the foundation of the specimen, annually increasing in size 
and beauty for a number of years. Cuttings of the growing 
shoots (always avoid flowering shoots for propagation) will 
strike freely through the summer in sandy soil in a cold frame 
kept close and shaded. Three parts of fibrous loam, one part 
sandy peat, and a part old cow dung or leaf soil with a free 
admixture of sand, form a suitable compost. It is important 
that the plants do not want for water, or the leaves will turn 
yellow and fall off, 
fe The plants are subject to the attacks of the white fly or 
midge, which upon the first few puffs of tobacco smoke falls to 
the floor and is comparatively out of harm’s way ; but before 
fumigating, the floor, stages, &c., should be thoroughly wetted, 
avoiding, of course, the foliage of the plants: the insects will 
then either be drowned or killed. 
* Lantanas when in flower are more enduring with shade from 
bright sun, and may be placed outdoors in a sunny situation 
after flowering, with water only to maintain the foliage from 
flagging, housing the plants again before frost. 
There is no doubt of the plants being fine for bedding, plants 
in an advanced state for flowering being planted late in May or 
early in June, and well attended to for water in dry weather 
Young plants struck the previous summer are best for bedding 
purposes, also for decorative purposes in 5, 6, or 7-inch pots. 
A dozen select varieties are Distinction, Dom Calmet, Eclat, 
Favorita, La Manula, Lutea grandiflora, Marquis de St. La- 
porta, Mons. Rougier Chauviére, Ne Plus Ultra, Ninus, Princess 
Louise, and Victoire. There are many others of great merit, 
including the variety represented in the engraving—Le Grena- 
dier, colour orange scarlet, fine trusses —G. ABBEY. 
[The engraying is from a photograph of a plant grown by 
Mr. Parham, gardener to G. May, Esq., Reading. It was ex- 
hibited at the Reading Show, and was the most striking of 
three plants which won the Veitch memorial medal. It was 
splendidly cultivated and much admired.—EDs. ] 
LAWNS AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION. 
A VERY interesting feature in connection with the horticul- 
tural section of the great Paris Exhibition is the international 
competition between our leading Hnglish and the principal 
