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freely, and are therefore liable to perish from any excess of moisture or evaporation* 
This practice of increasing this plant by cuttings is preferable, when by combina- 
tion of favourable circumstances they can be induced to strike freely ; as, the base 
of the shoot thus being left, will in the course of time produce fresh shoots, while 
by the system before detailed, the whole shoots, and consequently all the buds, are 
removed. 
By either method, the plant operated upon is not deprived of its leading or 
central shoot, and is by no means so much disfigured as if it had been decapitated, 
besides producing shoots much more speedily, and with much greater certainty. 
We strongly recommend the practice to all who may wish to propagate this plant, 
and indeed any other of a similar character, and hope that by the continued 
application of it, the collection of every lover of plants will speedily be enriched by 
the accession to it of this most delightful and desirable ornament. 
There are two points in the cultivation of this plant which require particular 
attention ; and these are, first, that it should always be planted in a sufficiently 
large pot ; and secondly, that the soil in which it is grown should be somewhat 
more nutritive than that which is usually employed. Any injury that might be 
sustained by inattention to the first of these particulars, would be entirely pre- 
vented by placing the plant out in the prepared border of a greenhouse, where such 
a one exists ; and by this practice we feel assured that the striking beauty of this 
plant might be greatly enhanced. As we entertain considerable doubt relative to 
the plant we are now noticing ever being found capable of enduring the open air 
in this country, even though it should be duly protected, we cannot recommend 
planting it in the open border ; otherwise, such a situation would be found highly 
advantageous to it. Treated as a Conservatory plant, however, that is, turned out 
into the border of the Conservatory as above mentioned, it has few equals, and its 
superior cultivation should be the aim of every lover of floriculture. 
OPERATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER. 
Little active exertion being required of the gardener this month (we mean 
in the departments of floriculture), except such as is necessary for the continued 
performance of the most ordinary operations, advantage should be taken of this 
period to devise and mature plans for the improvement of the pleasure-grounds, 
the erection of houses, or other alterations that may suggest themselves, as it is 
very impolitic to defer the consideration of these subjects till the time (winter) 
arrives for carrying them into execution, it being difficult to apprehend the general 
effect of such alterations at that desolate season ; and there are few gardens in 
which, by the exercise of a judicious taste, some improvements may not be 
effected. 
