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thorough waterhig, they will require little more until 

 they have begun to grow, after which it should be 

 applied liberally. As soon as the new shoots that form 

 have developed roots, they should be carefully taken off, 

 and either placed in other beds to still further multiply, 

 or they may be potted off. The same thing may be done 

 with growing plants at any time, but the most common 

 method is to plant in the open ground in the spring, 

 and continue to divide the plants, as above, until the last 

 of August, when those desired for winter propagation 

 are taken up and planted in the greenhouse beds. This 

 method of propagation is, of course, used only with new 

 and high-priced kinds. Ordinarily the "roots" are stored 

 on racks, or in trays, in some place where it is neither 

 very moist nor so dry that they will shrivel, and where a 

 moderate temperature can be maintained. If well dried 

 when stored for the winter, a warm potting shed, warm 

 and dry cellar, or the space under the benches of a warm 

 greenhouse, if ^ut of the drip, will answer for them. 



For flowering in the greenhouse, dormant plants, or 

 those at almost any period of growth, provided they 

 have not been long in flower, may be placed in pots, 

 tubs, or beds, and after forming roots will soon develop 

 a number of btrong shoots and supply an abundance of 

 bloom. Among the best varieties for this purpose are 

 the vvell-known Madame Crozy, Florence Vaughan, 

 Chas. Henderson, Explorateur Crampbel, Alphonse 

 douvier, Egandale, and Queen Charlotte, as well as the 

 newer Italia, Austria and Burbank. 



THE GLOXINIA. (Siumngia sjjeciosa.) 



Gloxinias are in nearly all colors, from light rose to 

 dark purple, and in the better strains many of them are 

 beautifully shaded and stuped. As a bouse plant for sum- 

 mer blooming (Fig. 38), ir for greenhouse decoration 

 (Fig. 39), the gloxinias have few if any superiors. They 

 require little care, except in watering, and during the 



