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of like habit, must be grown into handsome round plants, 

 and will perhaps require a few neat sticks to keep them in 

 shape, but the fewest that will suit this purpose should be 

 used. We advise that, by all means, that most objectionable 

 of all styles, the flat-backed or one-sided, should be avoided 

 in training plants, for nothing can be in worse taste, or be a 

 greater eyesore, than a house filled with such deformities. 

 The sticks used for training or supporting the plants should 

 be painted of a light green colour, for when not so painted 

 the white has a very bad appearance, and is not to be 

 tolerated. 



EESTING AND DEYING OFF. 



|HESE terms are often used as if they were syno- 

 nymous, but the two modes of treatment indicated 

 by them are very distinct in practice. The 

 resting of plants is brought about by reducing the tem- 

 perature, and withholding a portion of water, by which 

 means the subjects operated upon are kept dormant, while, 

 at the same time, the young fibrous roots are not destroyed. 

 Drying off is a widely different process, and one that is 

 frequently carried on in a very erroneous manner. We 

 now allude to such subjects as Acliimenes, Gesneras, Gloxi- 

 nias, Amaryllis, &c. These are often cast aside as soon as 

 they have done flowering, and little care is bestowed upon 

 them until the season for again starting into growth. In- 

 stead of such treatment, they should after blooming receive 

 extra care, in order to enable them to fully mature their 

 bulbs or tubers, so as to secure a vigorous bloom the next 

 season. It is the want of proper care in this particular 

 thing that leads to so many disappointments in growing 



