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order to get the wood well ripened, and remove them to their winter 
quarters, which should be a light airy part of the greenhouse, before 
there is any danger of their suffering from damp or cold. In 
winter, and while in a dormant state, keep them rather dry at root, 
and guard them from cold winds, but give plenty of air on mdd 
days. To obtain specimens of any size it will be necessary to afford 
them another season’s growth, and in this case the six >ots should be 
cut back as much as may appear requisite to ensure a close bushy 
habit of growth, and the plants placed in growing circumstances 
early in spring, treating them during the season as already recom- 
mended. But if the plants are to be allowed to bloom, they should 
be left in the greenhouse until the flowers open, and may then be 
removed to a cool airy part of the conservatory, carefully shading 
them from bright sunshine, to prolong the beauty of the flowers. 
After flowering, cut the shoots back to keep the specimens compact 
and bushy, and place them where they can be afforded a cool moist 
atmosphere until the buds start into growth; then give a moderate 
shift if necessary, and treat them during the growing season as 
nearly as possible as recommended for young plants; for Dee 
growth need hardly be expected without the assistance of a moisr, 
rather close, atmosphere. For soil, use the very best tibry peat 
that can be obtained, breaking it up into small lumpy bits, and 
adding a liberal proportion of sharp silver sand, with a small 
quantity of lumpy bits of charcoal or clean potsherds. Well inter- 
mix the whole together, so as to provide for the free percolation of 
water through the ball after the decay of the flore; and in potting 
care should be used to provide perfect drainage. 
COMBRETUM PURPUREUM. 
HERE space in a warm house can he commanded, this 
forms a most useful subject, producing its large feathery- 
like panicles of bright crimson flowers, which last long 
in beauty, very freely. It is useless, however, to hope 
to do any good with it except where room can be at 
command to grow large specimens ; for the flowers are seldom borne 
freely only upon the lateral, or second growths, and to have these 
strong and short-jointed, which should be the case, it is necessary to 
train the principal shoots thinly, aud the plant being a free grower, 
a laree sized trellis is indispensable. 
This Oombretum is generally found by amateurs to be rather 
difficult to propagate, hut this is doubtless the result of not selecting 
lit pieces for cuttings ; for short-jointed firm bits of young wood, 
treated in the ordinary manner, root very freely, aud these are 
easily obtained from pot-bound specimens. The cuttings should be 
potted singly in small p ds as soon as they are sufficiently rooted, 
plunging the pots in a brisk bottoin-heat, iu a warm moist situation. 
When weliesrablished, shift into pots about two sizes larger, and 
during the growing season afford the young plants a bottom-heat of 
