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satisfactory progress, the pots will be nicely filled with roots, and 
they may be shifted into larger pots. It will not, in every case, be 
desirable to re-pot them at the last-mentioned stage, and, as a rule, 
a six-inch pot will be quite large enough for the plants the first 
year. If they come to hand nicely established in three-inch pots, 
they can be repotted at once in six-inch pots, and they will then 
require no second shift the first year. They will require rather 
liberal supplies of water when growing freely, but as soon as the 
foliage begins to assume a sickly appearance in the autumn, gra- 
dually lessen the water supply, and finally withhold it altogether. 
During the winter the pots can be placed under the stage, or in 
any otlier position, provided the pots are laid upon their sides to 
prevent the soil becoming saturated with moisture. 
The second year’s management will commence by shaking the 
tubers out of the old soil, and repotting them in clean pots, either 
of the same size or one size larger. Let the drainage be perfect, 
and the soil be pressed firm about the tubers, which should be buried 
about half an inch below the surface. The stove kinds should have 
the assistance of a brisk bottom-heat, and those succeeding in a 
greenhouse temperature the warmest corner that structure will 
afford, as it is essential to success that they should commence to 
make new growth without any unnecessary loss of time after they 
are repotted. Until the young growth has made its appearance 
well above the surface, the soil must be kept in a moderately moist 
state only, but, after considerable progress has been made, liberal 
supplies of water will be required, and, after they are well esta- 
blished in the pots in which they are to bloom, weak liquid manure 
will be of considerable service in promoting a continuous growth, 
and thus insure a much longer display of fiowers, for, provided they 
continue to mate new growth, they will remain in bloom until quite 
late in the autumn. 
A moderately light and airy position in the stove or greenhouse 
is essential for maintaining a stocky, short-jointed growth, and a 
neat stake must be put to each to prevent their being broken off, a 
danger to which tliey are especially liable. A mixture of two parts 
turfy loam, one part peat, and one part leaf-mould, with the addition 
of a liberal proportion of silver-sand, will form a most excellent 
compost. 
In raising seedlings, sow the seed thinly in pots filled with a 
light sandy mixture, and cover lightly. When of sufficient size to 
admit of their being handled conveniently, prick them oft' into small 
pots, and put several plants in each. Dry them off in the autumn, 
as advised for the old plants, and in the spring turn them out of the 
soil, and pot separately, and then manage as advised for the old 
plants. 
The best of the greenhouse kinds are B. dlversifoUa (syn. Mar- 
tini), B. intermedia, B. rosceflora, B. Veitchi; and of those requiring 
a stove temperature, B. Boliviensis, B. carminata, B. Chambersi, B. 
Chelsoni, and B. Sedeni. 
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