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insert them in pots, and put them in the cutting- 

 frame. In about three weeks both they and the 

 suckers will be well rooted. The cuttings I put. 

 into Xo. 60, one in each pot. 1 then put them in 

 a gentle heat until well rooted, when I set them 

 with the suckers in a cold frame, protecting them 

 from frost. Give them plenty of air, to inure them 

 to the open atmosphere. x\s soon as the pots are 

 rilled with roots, and before they are matted to the 

 sides of them, let them be shifted into the next 

 size, using light rich soil as before. Drain the 

 pots well. In the early part of May remove them 

 to the plant ground, if the weather is not frosty. 

 Continue to shift until they are in Xo. 12, using 

 loam and dung, equal quantities mixed well to- 

 gether and kept six months previous to using it. 

 Always drain well at every shifting. 



Water. — This plant requires a great quantity 

 of water, and to be sprinkled often over the leaves ; 

 in May and early in June I do this in the morning, 

 from June to September in the evening. When 

 the plants are well established in their pots, in 

 which I wish them to bloom, I commence watering 

 with dung water, and continue this until I take 

 them into the house in October, and in some in- 

 stances in November. Those which I desire to 

 have in bloom early I remove into the flower- 

 house, the next in succession into the greenhouse, 

 and for the last bloom I let the plants remain out 



