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of the house until the frost renders it necessary 

 for them to be taken into the house. As they go 

 out of blossom, place them in a cold frame, pro- 

 tected from the frost, until March. It is the prac- 

 tice of some cultivators not to begin propagating 

 until May ; but if fine strong bushy plants are re- 

 quired, March is the proper time. I obtain fine 

 dwarf plants by striking cuttings in the beginning 

 of June, and potting them, as soon as they are 

 struck, into No. 40 sized pots, in which they re- 

 main to blossom. The plants from which these 

 cuttings are taken furnish me with a late blooming 

 stock. 



JUSTICIA COCCIXEA, ETC. 

 Class, Diandria. Order, Monogynia. 



ACANTHACE.E. 



Native of S. America. — Propagation, cuttings. 



A fine plant, requiring the heat of the flower- 

 house. It grows well in two parts loam, one part 

 peat, one decayed wood, with about one sixth cally 

 sand. 



In March I cut down the plant to within two 

 inches of the old wood, then give a good watering 

 and place it in the warmest part of the flower- 

 house. As soon as it begins to grow, I turn it out 

 of the old pot, and remove part of the ball. I 

 repot it in a pot proportionable to its size, and shift 

 as it requires it. It will blossom about this time. 



