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we give no iiiaiiiire and the same in winter and early spring, the plants then being at rest, the 

 best manure is finely powdered oil cake or bone meal, to a jardiner 1 foot in diameter we give 3 

 or 4 large teaspoonfuls not he(tped of this dry manure spread evenly round the edge of the jar- 

 dinier, a larger or smaller will require more or loss, a small jardinier say 3 inches by 6 inches, 

 half a teaspoonful Avill be ample each time. 



Repotting : — This is done by us once in 2 or 3 years as follows : lift the plant out of the 

 jardinier and with a sharp pointed stick remove about J of the old soil around the edges and 

 bottom, cutting away a portion of the old fine roots but none of the strong roots, then replace 

 the plant, in the same jardinier first looking to the (h-ainage, f)r a small shallow jardinier we 

 use a flat piece of tin or a flat crock over each hole, over this spread some rich fresh soil, neatly 

 balance the plant and fill up with the same rich fresh soil to within J an iuch of the rims, this 

 holds the water and prevents the manure being washed over the sides of the jardinier also the 

 soil should be made sufficiently light round the edges of the jardinier to prevent the escape of 

 water, it being of the first importance that the entire ball of soil around the plant be moistened 

 at each watering, should the water of the plant at any time be neglected and the soil has become 

 quite dry, put the jardiner in a tub of water for 10 or 15 minutes, not longer, and if the injury 

 is not too serious the plant will recover. In the case of large plants Ave use hollow croi.'ks for 

 drainage, the same as is used by growers of specimen plants. After several repottings, the 

 plant having increased in size, shift into a larger pot, but as dwarfness is the thing aimed at 

 the smaller the shift the better. Repotting sliould be done February or March just before 

 spring growth commences. 



We advise when it is possible to get the above work done by a good gardener who has 

 been accustomed the handling of Heaths, New Holland plants, etc. In the case of very shallow 

 jardiniers we find it desirable annually to replace a portion of the old soil to maintain a healtliy 

 growth. 



DWxVIlF TREES. 



Pbuning : — To. maintain drawfness in the trees, pinch back tlie young growth, this we 

 usually do from April to the middle of June and always with the finger and thumb, a 

 practice folloAVed by the late Mr. Thomas Rivers of Sawbridgeworth, England, when 

 preparing his dwarfed fruit trees fruiting in pots. In Thuja obtusa we pinch out the points 



