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thrust out, and may either be repotted or be examined and returned to the same 
pot, and that without any fear of doing the plant injury. It is strongly to be 
recommended for large specimen plants of all kinds. 
We now come to the plants in their third season of growth, and supposing that 
they are in a good state and well rooted, they must be removed into 15-inch pots 
about the middle of March, using the before-mentioned compost, and that in a 
tolerably rough state. The plants which did not bloom in the second year were 
stopped for the third time in February, but those which bloomed would not require 
stopping at that time, therefore one plant will bloom partially but the other will not. 
Now it is possible that the blooming plants will not require so large a shift as the 
growing one, but of that the cultivator must form the best opinion. Plants of 
Kalosanthes do not generally require large pots, as they will grow to a large size in 
comparatively small ones ; but from the great weight of the plants, large pots are 
obliged to be used to keep them steady. During this season the same summer 
treatment must be pursued ; but as the plants when freely growing do not like to be 
deluged with w'ater by heavy rain, care must be taken to protect them in continuous 
wet weather. We generally place our plants in a spare pit or temporary house, 
where with a free circulation of air at all times, they can be protected from rain 
without much trouble. 
The annexed vignette represents a plant of Kalosanthes coccinea in the third year 
of its growth, and the second of its blooming. It was grown in the garden of James 
Cook, Esq., Brooklands, Blackheath Park, where our drawing was taken. It was 
exhibited both in 1846 and 1847, by Mr. Ayres, both at the Horticultural Society’s 
Garden, Chiswick, and also at the Eegent’s Park. The plant is still in splendid 
condition, and promises to be finer this season than ever. 
Now the only secret in growing the Kalosanthes, or rather in blooming them, is 
to get the plants properly matured in the autumn, and the bloom set ; and to effect 
this, it is necessary that the growth receive a timely check in the autumn, by 
reducing the supply of water, and by placing the plants in a dry sunny situation, 
such as the foot of a south wall, or close to the back wall of a cold pit, where they 
will be benefited by full exposure and considerable dry heat. It is, however, 
useless to think of blooming the plants, unless the growth is strong ; therefore it is 
not advisable to stop a plant intended to bloom, later than the end of June, as after 
that time they rarely make growth sufficiently strong to produce good bloom. 
When the plants are housed for the winter, they must be placed in an airy part 
of the greenhouse, and be kept close to the glass. Keep them during that time 
tolerably dry, and in the spring do all you can to prevent the extension of the 
blooming shoots until late in March, as, if the flower-stems get long, they look 
unsightly and require a great deal of staking. To bring the blooms out, of a really 
fine colour, they require to be placed in the full sun, and close to the glass, but care 
must be taken that the flowers do not get scorched. 
The finest kinds of Kalosanthes at present in cultivation are K. coccinea ; coccinea 
