THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
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plenty of time. I insert them in a light soil, under a north-east 
wall, and having watered, to settle the soil about them, when per- 
fectly dry, they are covered with a hand-glass. They sometimes 
require a slight shade, and I do not remove the glass till I see they 
are establishing themselves, unless any damp off; in that case they 
are taken away. 
Worms sometimes prove injurious both to pipings and to layers. 
When that happens, a little water, in which hot lime has been 
slaked, should be poured over their holes. The layers must be 
constantly watched, and soil added now and then, but it must be 
with a sparing hand. They may be watered most evenings in hot 
weather, but it should be with water which has been exposed to the 
action of the sun during the day ; and but little other attention will 
be required till they are ready to take off. If seed has been saved 
it should remain in the pods till next spring ; about the latter end 
of April it may be rubbed out, and sown in shallow pans, or on a 
bed, covering it slightly with soil. It may remain there till the 
plants are about three inches high, when they may be planted out 
on a moderately rich bed. It is well not to have them too strong the 
first winter ; but the following spring the surface of the soil may 
be covered with a rich compost. As the seedlings spindle, the 
single ones should be removed, to give the others room ; and should 
the raiser be fortunate enough to have one which strikes his fancy, 
he may layer it, and adopt the same means and precautions as I 
have before stated. 
PULTEXCEA. 
OST of the species of this genus are exceedingly hand- 
some greenhouse shrubs, being of a very compact habit 
of growth, profuse bloomers, and the flowers, if guarded 
from damp and bright sunshine, remain long in per- 
fection in a cool house. Beginners should be careful in 
procuring young plants from the nursery, to select such as are dwarf 
and healthy, with short-jointed robust wood ; for they will find, if 
they procure weakly or sickly plants, that they are rather difficult 
subjects. 
If the young plants are obtained at once, they should be placed 
in an airy part of the greenhouse close to the glass, and be very 
carefully supplied with water, for it is too late in the season to do 
much in the way of encouraging growth ; but if they are found to 
be much pot-bound, a smaller shift may be given, which will induce 
the formation of aetive roots, and cause them to break strongly in 
spring. 
Shifting, however, should be deferred until spring, unless the 
plants are in actual want of more pot room ; for, in the case 
of beginners, there is some risk in repotting such things as are 
at all delicate just before winter. The principal points to be 
September. 
