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the latter, as it affords better means of supplying its wants, and you 
have a much better command over the temperature in a pit than in 
a greenhouse. When placed in a nice dry pit, keep it close for a 
few days. If the sun should be bright, shade in the heat of the 
day, but not too long. After two or three days, begin to give a 
little air by lifting the light behind, and increase the quantity as the 
plant advances in growth, bearing in mind never to expose it to 
draughts or cutting winds ; for, rest assured, if you do your plant 
will soon become brown and sickly. Pay great attention, likewise, 
to watering, which is another important point. Xever allow it 
to become dry. When it is perceived that it has begun to feel its 
shift (which its appearance will readily indicate), give a gentle 
syringing overhead in fine bright weather, and close your pit in 
good time in the afternoon. In the course of a month or six weeks, 
the plant will have made vigorous growth, and now is the time to 
form a fine specimen. When it is receiving the full beneft of its 
shift, and throwing out strong and vigorous wood, give it a regular 
topping, and prune it into what shape you may prefer. Take the 
points off every shoot. Some of the strong ones may be topped as 
much as three inches, others only two, and some even less, always 
using your own judgment in this matter, and topping according to 
the strength of the branch. When this is done, place the plant 
again in the pit, syringing it frequently, and in a short time it will 
break forth regularly all over, and form a splendid specimen. When 
it has made growth from three to four inches in length, begin 
gradually to give more air, and follow this up until autumn. When 
the time has arrived to place it in its winter quarters, after you 
have hardened it and retarded its growth, on a very calm mild day, 
you may take the lights entirely off, but never ‘allow them to be 
taken quite off during cold stormy weather. I have seen many 
growers expose their Boronias out of doors, along with other green- 
house plants ; but I cannot agree with them in this practice, as I 
certainly never saw a plant subjected to this treatment which kept 
long in health ; they become brown and rusty in foliage. I am 
certain that the constitution of this species is too delicate to be kept 
in health long, if exposed to winds or rain. When you place it in 
its winter quarters, make choice of a nice light situation in the 
greenhouse, as near the glass as can be conveniently found, but not 
exposed to draughts. 
Be very particular in watering during the winter, and never 
allow it to become too dry. Here it will soon begin to show its 
bloom-buds from top to bottom, and, by keeping your house mode- 
rate in temperature, never allowing the frost to enter, nor, if 
possible, raising it above 50°, it will push very gradually, and open 
blooms about the month of April or May, of the most beautiful 
colours. There are several other species of this genus, and most of 
them are indispensable to fine collections of plants ; but all the 
others will thrive well under the treatment I have just been des- 
cribing, until they have made their summer’s growth, when they 
may all be exposed to the open air, which will strengthen and 
harden them for their winter’s rest. By no means, however, allow 
