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supplied with water during dry weather, and the 

 buds which form for flowering be pinched off as 

 soon as they appear. At the latter end of August, 

 pinch the head out of each shoot, this strengthens 

 the shoot and nourishes the buds intended to pro- 

 duce blooming shoots. In October prune them^ 

 and remove as many as are wanted early into the 

 flower-house. Place them on the tan, as near to the 

 glass as possible ; keep the plants moist with sy- 

 ringing them. When they have done blooming, if 

 convenient, put them in the greenhouse, watering 

 them only when very dry : this ripens the young 

 wood, and if placed close under a north wall from 

 May to August, the pots laid on their sides to keep 

 out the wet, they will bloom well the following 

 year. In August set the pots upright and give a 

 good watering ; nothing more will be necessary 

 until October, when proceed as directed with young 

 plants. 



Soil. — Two parts good loam, one part dung, with 

 a little rough sand. 



RHODODENDRON. 

 Class, Decandria. Order, Monogynia. 



ErICEjE. 



Native country, North America, Siberia, Switzer- 

 land, and Lapland ; the Arboreum is from Nepaul. 

 — Propagation, seeds, layers, inarching. 



The greenhouse varieties of this beautiful shrub 



