fronds are developed after the second potting, and if the plants 

 are not quite ready for a shift into larger sized pots, they should 

 be set over, spread out a little and given a little more room, this 

 will help the plants considerably, as the light will now strike 

 plants on different places and help them to more rapidly throw a 

 couple more fronds. When the plants get pretty well rooted they 

 should be potted off into the 4 and 5-inch sizes, and as most plants 

 are generally sold for the market in the 5-inch it is of great im- 

 portance to get them symmetrical and well filled out in this size. 



The plants can now bear richer soil and will need plenty of 

 food to throw two crops of fronds^After the potting to 5-inch, 

 a good loam, with about one-third of pure cow manure pretty well 

 ventilated or well rotted, will do, with plenty of coarse sand, de- 

 pending somewhat upon the amount of sand the soil itself con- 

 tains. This mixture should be pretty well broken up with a 

 shovel or the hands and mixed thoroughly. A sprinkling of raw 

 ground bone is good also for the 5-inch. It is not necessary 

 to have the soil quite so rich for the 4-inch ; a little less manure 

 will do. The 2^ -inch and the weakest of the 3-inch plants should 

 be removed into 4-inch pots; while, if the plants are good and 

 strong, the best 3-inch will do well in the 5-inch size. This latter 

 may seem a big shift, but I have potted a good many that way; 

 they were strong plants and did well. The most common shift 

 is from 4 to 5-inch, and plants ought to do well if the soil is rich 

 enough. 



As for drainage, a piece of crock in the bottom, with a few 

 pieces of clinkers, is all that is needed. The Farleyense should at 

 all stages be potted deeper than Cuneatum, except that the first 

 potting of the cuttings after being rooted should be light. A 

 common mistake is to pot the plants in 4 and 5-inch sizes with the 

 crowns projecting a third of an inch above the surface; this 

 will help the plants to throw a lot of small fronds and get bull- 

 headed. The crowns should be covered slightly with the soil. 

 After being potted the plants should be put quite close together 

 so as to give them a chance to get set over and spread out twice 



