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CULTURE OF THE CINNAMON TREE. 
(ClNNAMOMUM VeRUM.) 
As this plant is considered by many persons hard to cultivate, it will be well 
for all who possess plants to follow the few 
simple undermentioned rules, which will 
render it as thrifty and easy of cultivation 
as most other stove plants. 
1. Never plunge the pots in which the 
plants are grown into bark or any other 
substance that will communicate much 
moisture to the roots, or the fleshy fibres 
are liable to be destroyed. It is therefore 
advisable not to plunge the pots at all. 
2. Never allow the heat of the house 
in which the plants are grown, to fall be- 
low 65 degrees, Far., either in winter or 
summer. 
3. The soil in which they appear to 
thrive best, is a mixture of equal parts of 
sandy loam and peat. 
4. Always pot as often as the roots fill 
the pots, and never allow them, if possible, 
to mat closely, or the plants will suffer materially. 
5. In potting, never pare the roots off with a knife, but if any have become 
matted, merely loosen them with a pointed stick, and shake off a little of the old 
soil ; but if not matted, only remove the potsherds from the bottom of the ball and 
place the plants carefully into a larger pot. 
6. Always give a good drainage : lay a large piece hollow on the hole at the 
bottom of the pot, then place about an inch thickness of broken pot, and over this 
lay a few fragments of rough turf, to prevent the soil from washing in or stopping 
the course of the water. 
7. The plants may be propagated by cuttings as follows : As soon as the young 
wood is thoroughly ripe, take off the cuttings about six or eight joints long, trim off 
the lower leaves from the part which is to be placed in the soil ; when prepared, 
plant them in a pot of sand, and plunge the pot in a tan bed or other moist heat, 
and cover them with a bell glass. 
8. In watering, never allow the soil to become saturated or sodden, only supply 
when the soil has the appearance of dryness. 
