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flowering, and before mucli growth is made ; but oftener a 

 top-dressing of rich soil is all that is required, especially with 

 large plants. A vinery, if not too much shaded, is an escellent 

 house for them to grow in ; but as soon as the growth ib 

 finished the plants should be hardened off, to prepare them 

 for standing in a sheltered place outside. Success for the 

 nest year depends upon judicious watering and perfect ripen- 

 ing of the wood during summer and autumn. The buds should 

 be thinned to one or two on each shoot, and when they begin 

 to swell, the plants should be watered with liquid manure 

 until the flowers are fully expanded. 



CLL-IXTHL'S. 



This is a genus of quick-growing plants, which, although 

 scandant in habit, if well pinched and the shoots regulated, 

 are capable of being grown into neat bushes suitable for 

 exhibition. Two of the best species for the purpose are G. 

 Dampieri and G. puniceum magnificum. The soil best suited 

 for their growth is a rich fibrous loam and peat in equal parts, 

 with a little sand and leaf -mould added. When the flowers 

 appear, a few doses of clear liquid manure greatly improves 

 the quality of the blooms. 



CORKEA. 



A genus of neat-growing, fine showy plants, of easy cul- 

 ture. Two of the best for exhibition are C. cardinalis and 

 G. magnifiea, the former scarlet, and the latter of a white 

 colour. The soil best suited for them is half light loam, the 

 other half consisting of peat, leaf -mould, and sand. The plants 

 should be slightly pruned after flowering, and as soon as they 

 have started to grow, they should be potted, and after their 

 growth is made, treated the same as Camellia. 



C'EASSULA. 



This genus, known also as Kalosanthes, belongs to a succu- 

 lent class of plants, with very pretty flowers, mostly of a 

 scarlet colour, which, when freely pioduced, have a showy and 



