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be taken out of their pots, so as to remove some of the old 

 soil, and they should be repotted in a compost of good peat 

 and turfy loam, used in about equal proportions, a good 

 portion of silver sand being added. After potting, care 

 must be taken that the plants are not over-watered, for if 

 this should be done they will not make a vigorous start ; 

 indeed, upon attention to this point their well-doing will 

 mainly depend. After May, if the plants are well rooted 

 in the pots in which they are to bloom, remove them to a 

 cool house, where a moist atmosphere can be maintained, 

 and where the syringe will be used morning and afternoon, to 

 keep away the red spider, to which this plant is very subject. 

 Before the cold days of autumn come on, remove them to a 

 warmer temperature, and give air upon all favourable occa- 

 sions. At this season the plants should be carefully 

 examined, to be sure that no red spider is lurking about 

 them, for it is almost an impossibility to clean them when 

 in bloom. L. trigynum is a dwarf shrub of free growth, 

 with smooth, entire, somewhat obovate, alternate leaves ; 

 and the flowers are large, bright yellow, and disposed in 

 large racemes. When well grown, such plants, treated as 

 above directed, will yield a continuance of their gay blossoms 

 throughout the winter. Native of the East Indies. 



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L. modesta. — This plant resembles the Gloriosas m habit 

 and general appearance. It is a lovely plant for a pillar 

 or rafter. The leaves, as in Gloriosa, are terminated by a 

 tendril, by which the plant clings to surrounding objects ; 

 and are bright shining green. The flowers spring from the 

 axils of the leaves, and are bell-shaped, of a rich orange 

 colour. When, about to flower it will thrive in an ordinary 



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