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These must be removed with care, luul potted singly, in 

 small pots tilled with the same mixture that is preseribed fm- 

 sowing the seeds in. Shut them up in a frame, and keep 

 close and shaded. Dew them on the tops by drawing the 

 hand over a wet brush twice a day, but keep them almost 

 dry at the root. If you have a hotbed in operation, or any 

 other source of bottom heat, you may accelerate the rooting 

 process ; but beyond all doubt the best jilants are nbtained 

 without resort to any such aid. If they are made un- 

 duly moist they will rot, and there will be an end of them. 

 But with careful inanagement they will soon malce roots, 

 and from that time should have more light and air to Iceep 

 them healthy and short. Plants that " run uj)," and 

 thereby become " long-legged," never flower as they should, 

 and in some cases will not flower at all. The preventives 

 of "lanky" growth are light and air. 



We are now nearing the winter, and we have a stock 

 of young plants in smallish pots, and it matters little as to 

 their future management whether they were grown from 

 seeds or cuttings. They must be shifted into pots five 

 inches in diameter, and the compost should be of the same 

 description as before, or a little more substantial — say two 

 parts loam, one part leaf, one part sand, and no peat at all. 

 They must not be potted very firm — a moderate pressure 

 will suffice; or perhaps, when nicely filled in, one good tap 

 on the potting-bench will settle the soil sufficiently. 



The place for them during the winter is on a shelf in 

 an airy greenhouse, near the glass, but not so near as to 

 suffer during a sharj) frost. If put on a stage far from the 

 glasj they will be " drawn,'"'' or, in other words, will be- 

 come long-legged and weak ; but if near the glass, and far 

 away from the hot-water pipes, they will be short and 



