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ALLAMANDA GRANDIFLORA. 
much across, in the course of a season. The blossoms are disclosed during 9 
latter part of summer, and continue to open till late in October. i 
A similar process of culture to that bestowed on A. cathartica^ will be equaly 
favourable to this. The leading feature of Mr. Dodd’s plan is to subject the pi t 
yearly to a severe pruning, seeking rather to obtain the summer’s growth from e 
base of the old stem, than to preserve much of the previous season’s shoots ; jd 
to provide them early in spring with a suitable warmth and moisture, as wellit 
the root as in the atmosphere. Independently of the facility which this systn 
affords of avoiding the acquirement of a straggling and naked appearance, |s 
utility is most obvious in the superior vigour and robustness of the shoots, and e 
greater abundance and enlarged dimensions of the inflorescence. 
To realise the perfection of the plant, it must moreover be potted in a strrg 
soil. This is an essential accompaniment of the foregoing plan, and if not obser d 
will certainly detract from the success of it. The sward from a pasture fid 
mixed with dead leaves and laid in a heap to rot for twelve months, will supplia 
compost of the highest order. When it is used it should be broken with the InEd 
in preference to chopping with a spade. I 
Young plants are easily procured from cuttings struck in sand in an ordinjy 
propagating pit. 
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