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ON MANETTIA BTCOLOR AND CORDIFOLIA. 
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cease to be a subject of rancli anxiety. We shall be much disappointed if grap 
continue subject to shanking, or flowers be rendered unsightly when grown in;, 
house warmed by an available tank and channels, and protected by coverini; 
which will leave the entire regulation of solar light at the control of an intellige,, 
gardener. 
ON MANETTIA BICOLOR AND CORDIFOLIA. , 
Among the numerous fine things introduced by the Messrs. Yeitch and SoiJ 
of Exeter, the pretty Manettia hicolor is one of peculiar interest on account of t!) 
profusion of its blossoms, their pleasing colours, and the lengthened period of th * 
development. And, when well managed, the old M. cordifolia is equally beautifl 
if not more so : its larger flowers, at least, render it a more conspicuous object. “ 
Both the species are rapid-growing plants, and, under proper appliances, soi 
produce flowers. We do not generally, however, see them flowering with th 
freedom of which they are capable, nor so much attention bestowed on th’ 
winter condition, and the production of flowers at that period, as seems desirab^ 
The fact is, they will both grow and flower like many other plants, without mri 
special care ; but to show what they really are~to draw out that ornate asp| 
for which many have so justly praised them — some additional care, and whati) 
more important, a proper guidance of it, must be lavished on them. We v|l 
therefore embody, with our own observations on their treatment, the remarksjf 
some of our most successful friends. “ 
The reason why the advantage of their blossoms is so frequently lost to Ip 
greenhouse for the greater part of the summer, seems to be mainly owing to lb 
desire to obtain large specimens ; and, perhaps, a little mismanagement, or ofteijr 
rather the want of suitable convenience for keeping them through the wint|. 
For instance, supposing a plant is reared from a cutting in February — or, in 1,3 
case of M. cordifolia^ during the previous autumn — as soon as it has filled a sir l 
pot with roots, it is removed to one many times larger, and kept growing rapi(|j7 
with the aid of stimulants, till the latter part of summer. During this periocjt 
does not of course form many flowers, and they are only beginning to be disclod 
plentifully as the winter approaches. If left in the greenhouse, it soon becoijs 
sickly and unsightly ; and it is only a few places that can aflbrd room for ma!y 
extra large plants in the stove through the winter. | 
Where there is ample room, however, we would by no means discourage js 
practice of growing specimens to a large size. If the flowering of the plants e 
delayed till the autumn by keeping them in rapid growth, and they are tlji 
removed to the stove, stationing them in an airy part, they will be in the m|t 
favourable spot and condition for blossoming through the winter ; and by a lilje 
management in spring, in pruning and partially renewing the soil, to induce tli4 
