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STEPHANOTIS FLORIBUNDA. 
propensities. A cutting taken from a luxuriant plant which grows vigorously and 
flowers but seldom, will not so speedily make a free-blooming specimen as one 
taken from a plant that has already manifested a disposition to bloom freely. The 
soil is another of the things which affect fertility. It must not be rich ; nor 
should the'^pot be deep or large. If the roots lie near the surface of the soil, the 
blooming power will be increased. 
No conditions suit the plant so well in summer as a warm, moist, close atmo- 
sphere, like that of an Orchidaceous-house. But it is indispensable that it be kept 
cool and dry through the winter, otherwise it will not blossom well. 
The species is increased by cuttings, which, as before hinted, should be made 
from the points of the young flowering shoots. 
