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kind may be introduced for this purpose, and they are then 

 grown in pots ; those growing on their own roots and such 

 as are tender may be thus treated, as described in a work 

 called ' The Yilla Garden •/ — " If intended to bloom in the 

 greenhouse, or for forcing, they should be taken from their 

 pots, the balls of earth loosened and considerably reduced, 

 and repotted in a size larger than the pots in which they 

 were received; light sandy loam and well-rotted dung or 

 leaf-mould, in equal quantities, is the best compost; if pre- 

 viously grown in peat the same should be used again, or 

 the roots should be cleared entirely of the peat, before 

 planting in the compost, as the fibres do not readily strike 

 into loam from the peat ; then place in an airy greenhouse, 

 near the glass. Water them abundantly after being potted 

 a few days; they should be syringed in sunny weather 

 twice a day, morning and evening, with soft water. If to 

 be forced, they must be removed to the forcing-house 

 early in January, keeping a gentle heat from 50° to 60° 

 in cloudy weather, admitting very little air with great 

 caution during the sunshine as spring advances; syringe 

 twice a day ; this gives health and vigour to the plants, 

 and keeps off the red spider, which takes up its residence 

 under the leaves." Some cultivators put them in the 



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