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have difficulty in flowering. However, it is one of the easiest plants 

 to manage if a person understands its nature. 



It is naturally a summer-blooming plant, and should rest in winter. 

 In the winter, keep it just alive in a cool and rather dry place. If 

 the temperature does not go above 50° Fahr., so much the better; 

 neither should it go much lower. In late winter or springy the plant 

 is brought out to warm temperature, given water, and started into 

 growth. The old flower-stems should not be cut off, since new flowers 

 come from them as well as from the new wood. When it is brought 

 out to be started into growth, it may be repotted, sometimes into a 

 size larger pot, but always with more or less fresh earth. The plant 

 should increase in value each year. In conservatories, it is sometimes 

 planted out in the ground and allowed to run over a wall, in which 

 case it will reach a height of many feet. 



