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THE FLOWER GROWER'S GUIDE. 



untopped plants. Some of the finer leaved varieties, such as the Countess and interruptus 

 aureus, branch naturally and grow strongly without topping, and develop into handsome 

 pyramids. Crotons not unfrequently lose their leaves during the winter owing to 

 being subjected to a much lower temperature and a drier heat than formerly. If they 



Fig. 144. Crotojt Russelli. 



were grown in a temperature of 75° to 85° during the summer and early autumn months, 

 the fall should not be below 60° to 70° in the late autumn and winter, and the more the 

 hot-water pipes are heated the greater the need for preventing undue dryness in the 

 atmosphere by occasionally syringing the plants, pots, walls and floors. Large bushes 



