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will have made great progress, and become good sized plants, and 
those which will not be likely to be overgrown by such a stimulant 
may have occasional watering with liquid manure. Cow-dung is 
the best manure to use, as by it the flowers are made brighter in 
colour. About the end of October potting should be proceeded 
with, taking care to pot them into the same soil as that described. 
A change of soil at this period is highly prejudicial. Six or eight- 
inch pots should be devoted to the largest plants ; and soil rougher 
than that formerly described. Place them in a greenhouse, close to 
the glass, thus they will be prevented from being drawn up too 
weakly. They may be also grown in a frame during the winter, if 
there is a flue or hot-water apparatus, to prevent the frost from 
injuring them. Between this and the time for flowering let all 
means be taken to insure a vigorous growth, carefully tying out, so 
that the plants may assume a neat and compact form. About the 
end of February they will have expanded their flowers ; then the 
varieties of colour, long continuance in bloom, and the splendid 
show which will be formed by them, in the greenhouse or conserva- 
tory, at this period of the year when there is little else in bloom, 
will amply repay the grower for the care which has been bestowed 
upon them, and any person, by practising the above, may calculate 
on success. As soon as the bloom begins to decay, and the leaves 
are turning yellow, less water must be applied. Remove them into 
a frame, or, if not convenient, out of doors will suit them. As the 
plants are of an herbaceous habit, they require a period of rest. 
Some persons prefer growing them entirely in a pit, with a com- 
mand of heat, which should only be used in case of frost, removing 
them to the conservatory, or greenhouse, when in bloom. Tie the 
side-shoots out, and give the plants plenty of room. This, with 
cleanliness, will make them grow in any soil. 
NOTES ON TRANSPLANTING. 
( Continued from, page 274 .) 
W, while the season in which trees and shrubs that 
have to be carried long distances may be transplanted 
with a fair prospect of success, or even such as occupy 
but a day or so in their transit, must of necessity be 
comparatively limited ; where they have to be removed 
merely a few hundred yards at most, the circumstances are very 
different, and will allow transplanting to be carried on, at least in a 
limited degree, during the greater part of the year. It is often of 
much importance to do this. That it may be safely accomplished, 
the directions and examples to be presently given will show. Iu 
laying down rules for guidance in any operation, it becomes exceed- 
ingly difficult to particularise betw r een the general and the special. 
In fact, it is almost impossible to do so ; something must always be 
left for experience to ascertain. And it is in consequence of those who 
