WAX-PLANT 407 
have difficulty in flowering. However, it is one of the easiest plants 
to manage if a person understands its nature. 
It is naturally a summer-blooming plant, and should rest in winter. 
In the winter, keep it just alive in a cool and rather dry place. If 
the temperature does not go above 50° Fahr., so much the better; 
neither should it go much lower. In late winter or spring, the plant 
is brought out to warm temperature, given water, and started into 
growth. The old flower-stems should not be cut off, since new flowers 
come from them as well as from the new wood. When it is brought 
out to be started into growth, it may be repotted, sometimes into a 
size larger pot, but always with more or less fresh earth. The plant 
-should increase in value each year. In conservatories, it is sometimes 
planted out in the ground and allowed to run over a wall, in which 
case it will reach a height of many feet. 
