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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
This treatment will soon induce free growth in plants that have 
been properly wintered and are in good health, and such should be 
afforded a liberal shift before the roots become matted in the pots. 
In shifting, be careful to have the balls and soil to be used in a 
properly moist state, and apply water cautiously until the plants get 
established in their fresh pots, after which give air and water more 
freely, and treat them as recommended for last season. Attend to 
stopping the shoots as they advance in growth, and stake and tie 
them out, so as to induce compact bushy specimens ; but plants 
intended to bloom in autumn must not be stopped later than the 
beginning or middle of June, and large specimens can hardly be 
produced to bloom the first year after propagation ; but useful 
little plants may be grown in this time, and had in flower early in 
August. If it is decided to afford any of the plants another season’s 
growth before allowing them to bloom, those should be shifted in 
July, or earlier, if the pots are full of roots, regulating the size of 
the pot by the season at which it is given, and the health of the 
specimen, avoiding a large shift late in the season. Winter them as 
already indicated, and be careful not to over-water at the root while 
the plants are in a dormant state. 
The same treatment as directed for last spring may be resorted 
to, if the specimens are not sufficiently large, but discontinue 
stopping by the middle of May or beginning of June, and, as soon 
as they start into growth after the last stopping, keep them in a 
rather airy and drier situation, exposing them to full sunshine, 
except for a short time before noon, and very warm days, and then 
a thin shade only should be used, discontinuing it as soon as the 
plants are inured to bear the full force of the sun’s rays. 
When in flower, they should occupy a light part of a cool airy 
house. After their beauty is over, the stronger shoots should be 
well cut back, and the plants removed to a light airy part of the 
greenhouse, and winter with the same care as on previous seasons. 
When they commence growth in spring, the weaker shoots should 
be stopped or cut back, removing altogether as many of the weakly 
ones as can be spared. This will keep the specimens dwarf and 
compact ; and, with care and watering, etc., and a small shift every 
other year, they will last for several seasons. If the plants are in 
good health, and the pots moderately filled with roots, they may be 
placed in a warm sheltered spot out of doors, as soon as summer 
weather commences, where they may be allowed to remain until 
they begin to expand their blossoms. For soil, use good fibry rich 
peat, light sandy turfy loam, and leaf-soil, in about equal pro- 
portions, and add an equal allowance of sharp silver sand and pot- 
sherds, or charcoal broken into small pieces. Break up loam into 
small pieces before it is used. 
