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curious, scarce plant necessary to be treated in 

 this manner, should be moderately forced, and 

 moderately cut, to preserve it in passable con- 

 dition. 



It is almost superfluous to remark here, that 

 all plants intended for forcing, should be inured 

 by degrees to the heat necessary to produce the 

 desired effect ; as nothing is more likely to pro- 

 duce disappointment, than a sudden transition 

 from one extreme to the other ; therefore, plants 

 to be forced, in stoves, where, on account of the 

 proper tenants, the heat must be kept regular, 

 and cannot be lowered to accommodate these 

 intruders, they should be at first set, in the 

 most remote, cool parts of the house, and after- 

 wards moved in due time to the warmer situa- 

 tions : they will also require a considerable en- 

 crease of water when forcing for cuttings, as 

 well as for flowers. 



Being provided (as in the case of hot-house 

 cuttings), with a sufficient quantity of bell- 

 glasses, and also some good yellow loam, sand, 

 peat, and well rotted dung, or otherwise good 

 vegetable mould, each sifted fine, and kept se- 

 parate, to be used at discretion ; let a few dif- 

 ferent sized pots be also got in readiness, and 



