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THE FLOWER GROWERS GUIDE. 



but these young plants will not flower the following year. It is the same with 

 old plants. If they flower freely one season, forming few or no stout flowerless large 

 growths, there will be no flowers produced the following year, and those who would 

 have a display of this crassula every summer should grow two sets of plants, flowering 



them alternately, a practice worthy of 

 general adoption. 



After a plant, whether large or small, 

 has done flowering, it should be kept 

 somewhat dry at the roots for a few days 

 and then cut down, shortening the stems 

 to within 2 inches of where they started 

 from. When the plants recommence 

 growing, turn them out of their pots and 

 shake much of the old soil from the roots 

 prior to re-potting them. They may be 

 placed in nearly or quite the same-sized 

 pots they were in formerly, taking care to 

 give good drainage. A compost of two 

 parts fibrous loam to one of leaf soil, with 

 sand and brick rubbish freely added, suits 

 them well. Apply water sparingly for a 

 time after potting, and during the rest of 

 the summer arrange the plants in a sunny 

 position in the open air. Winter them 

 in a light, cool, airy greenhouse, and 

 avoid over-watering. The following sum- 



rmer they must again be well attended to, 

 and fully exposed to the sun and air, this 

 strengthening and preparing the growths 



Fig. 81. Crowea saligna major. 



for flowering during the next season. 

 The flowering may be retarded somewhat by placing the plants in the open after all 

 danger from severe frosts is past, and this exposure also causes the flowers to become a 

 richer scarlet in colour than is the case with any wholly developed under glass. Fine 

 specimens may be grown in 8-inch pots. 



