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roots of the old plants, and puts them into small pots, 

 one in each pot, and keeps them in a cold frame till 

 the middle of January: he then removes them into a 

 cucumber frame, where the heat is kept up to 65 degrees of 

 Fahrenheit's scale, by linings of hot dung ; a Pine succes- 

 sion stove of the same temperature will equally suit them. 

 In the middle of February, they are shifted into pots a size 

 larger ; and at the end of March, or in the beginning of April, 

 they are again moved into larger pots, and in the middle of 

 May they are a third time shifted : the pots to be used for 

 this last shifting, are those usually called by gardeners, 

 twelves. As soon as the plants are well rooted, after the last 

 removal, they are carried into a Peach-house, or Green- 

 house, in which they continue, till they flower, and are hardy 

 enough to bear the open air. When they are preparing 

 to throw up their flowering stems, and during their growth, 

 it is necessary, that they be kept very moist, which is effected 

 by putting pans under the pots, and keeping the pans con- 

 stantly filled with water. The plants thus managed, begin to 

 flower early in July, and the spikes continue to blow, and 

 are covered with flowers, through the autumn. The com- 

 post, used in the pots, is formed of equal parts of brown, or 

 yellow loam, and of leaf or bog mould, to which is added 

 sand, equal to one-fourth of the previous composition, the 

 whole being well mixed together. 



The plant of Lobelia fulgens, which was exhibited to the 

 Society on the 19th of last month, by Mr. Hedges, had 

 been managed, as above directed ; but as no notes of its size 

 and height were made at the time, the following dimensions 

 have been taken from another plant, in the garden at Ken* 



