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GUIDE TO THE CONSERVATORY. 



SYPHOCAMFELIS BICOLOR. 

 Order, Lobeliace.e. 

 Propagation, cuttings. 



Mr. Brown, foreman to Mr. J. T. Backhouse, of 

 York, grows this plant well under the following 

 treatment. Cuttings are struck in July and potted 

 into No. 60 ; as soon as the pot is filled with roots, 

 the plant is shifted into No. 48 ; in this pot the 

 plant remains until the following March, then it is 

 shifted into No. 32, and the shifting is proceeded 

 with as the pots fill with roots, until it is in No. 12, 

 in which size it remains during the winter. About 

 the beginning of the ensuing March, the plant is 

 turned out of its pot, a part of the old soil shaken 

 from off the roots, and it is repotted in the same 

 sized pot ; it is shifted into No. 8 when it has filled 

 its pot with roots. The plant is put out in the 

 open air early in May ; it may remain there until 

 the first part of July ; it is then taken into the 

 greenhouse again. It grows freely, producing its 

 flowers in abundance, and will continue to do 

 so throughout the autumn, winter, and spring 

 months. 



Soil. — Equal parts dung and loam. 



