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sure to sunshine, in order to induce a close, thick habit of growth. 
Cutting roots early in spring, placed in a moist pit or house, 
supplied with pot-room as may be necessary, and kept rather warm, 
will make nice stocky plants in nine-inch pots in the course of the 
summer ; and if kept growing gently during the winter in a tempe- 
rature of from 50° to 60°, and shifted into their flowering pots 
early in March, and retained in a nice moist growing temperature of, 
say, 55° or 60° at night, allowing it to rise some 10° with sunshine 
before giving air, under proper management, will form large speci- 
mens, and bloom abundantly from early in June till late in autumn. 
This plant never flowers with much effect until the pots are tolerably 
full of roots ; therefore, manure water should be given frequently 
during the blooming season, which greatly assists in maintaining 
vigorous health and prolonging the period of flowering. "While 
they are in blossom, the plants should occupy a situation where 
they can be kept sufficiently close to induce a little growth, and 
the warmest part of the greenhouse will be found sufficiently warm 
during the summer to effect this object ; but it will probably be 
necessary to remove them to where they can be assisted with a little 
fire-heat when cold cloudy weather sets in in autumn. Let the 
object be to keep them growing very slowly, and with moderate 
convenience this will be easily effected. 
Plants, however, that have bloomed during most of the summer, 
will become less attractive than younger specimens, which should 
be prepared for winter flowering, so as to have them ready to shift 
into their blooming pots early in June, and to be kept in a moist 
growing pit during the summer. A cold frame or pit may be so 
managed as to form a very suitable situation for the growth of the 
plant at this season, and a pit where the aid of a gentle heat from a 
dung-lining can be obtained, is the best possible place for growing 
the plants during the summer. They should be removed to a light 
airy part of a house, where the night temperature is maintained at 
about 50°, and sparingly supplied with water until they commence 
blooming, if this should be necessary ; but it will seldom be neces- 
sary to resort to means to induce plants to produce blossoms that 
have been some four months in their flowering pots. Plants thus 
prepared, if afforded a light situation, and a temperature of from 
55° to 65°, will bloom abundantly throughout the winter and spring 
months. It will, however, be necessary to water with care, and to 
use every means to maintain the specimens in a healthy state, giving 
manure water in a clear, weak state, if the plants appear to require 
it ; but those in vigorous health will flower more abundantly with- 
out the application of this stimulant. 
I am not partial to the use of trellises for plants where they can 
be dispensed with, and this Manettia may, with timely and con- 
tinual stopping, be trained to stakes in the form of a dense compact 
bush, which, to my taste, is much handsomer than where trellises 
are employed. If it is intended to keep specimens that have 
bloomed for further use, they should be removed to a rather cool, 
airy position as soon as they become at all shabby ; be cut back 
rather closely, well thinning out the shoots ; and before starting 
August. 
