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coloured, but they are plentifully produced in racemes which stand out well above 
the foliage ; most of the flowers on a raceme, moreover, point one way. 
As it admits of ready increase by cuttings taken off during the growing season, 
and placed in a damp heat to strike root, it will doubtless soon become plentiful. 
For those who have not space to keep large specimens, the best plan will be to 
renew them from cuttings every or every other year, and discard the old ones. 
Young plants thus formed early in summer, and favourably treated, will make 
neat dwarf flowering bushes against winter. 
By pruning back rather closely in spring, reducing the ball of earth, and then 
planting in a smaller-sized pot, the old plants will break vigorously. Their 
strength must be supported afterwards with more pot-room and liberal watering, 
to produce large-sized specimens. As the quantity of flower depends in a great 
measure on the number of branches, it will be proper to facilitate the protrusion of 
side-growths by shortening the earlier summer shoots. Those who possess a stove 
conservatory will find this a suitable shrub for planting in a border. 
It may be grown in a loamy soil, mixed with about a third part of peat, or the 
same proportion of leaf mould and dung, accordingly as the aim is to form small 
or large plants. 
