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covered with a glass, and placed in a shady part of a moderately 
warm house or pit, will soon be sufficiently rooted to bear potting 
singly. Place the young plants in a close, shady situation for a 
fortnight after potting off, and as soon as they get established 
remove them to a cool, light, airy situation, and stop the shoots 
regularly, to induce compact, bushy growth. When the pots 
become full of roots, which will soon be the case, give a small shift, 
and keep the plants growing slowly during the autumn ; and as long 
as it can be done without danger from frost, expose, them freely to 
the night dews. In winter place them near the glass in the green- 
house, or wherever they will be safe from frost and damp, and 
give sufficient water to the soil to keep this in a moist, healthy state ; 
and I may observe that, as the plant roots very freely, and grows 
slowly during the winter, it requires a larger supply of water at 
that season than most greenhouse plants. Unless with the view of 
obtaining monster specimens, active growth need not be promoted 
by artificial means early in spring, but the plants should be placed 
in a close part of the greenhouse early in March, or, if more con- 
venient, may be removed to a pit, the temperature of which may 
range a few degrees higher than that of the ordinary greenhouse. 
But it must be borne in mind, that if strong, vigorous wood is to 
be obtained, air must be freely admitted whenever the weather will 
permit, and the plants must occupy a position near the glass, where 
they will receive all the light possible, and the temperature should 
not exceed 50°, except with air and sunshine. If the balls are full 
of healthy roots, repot at once, giving a rather liberal shift, but 
otherwise defer this until active growth commences, which, if the 
plants occupy a rather close place, will soon be the case. This 
Selago is not particular as to soil, and will grow freely in any light 
rich compost ; but the following will be found to suit it perfectly, 
and should be used where convenient. Turfy, sandy loam, fibry 
peat, and leaf-mould in about equal proportions, with a quantity of 
sharp silver sand added to keep the mass porous. Let the loam and 
peat be nicely broken up, and the whole be well intermixed together ; 
and in potting, make the fresh soil rather firm about the ball of the 
plant. As soon as the roots appear to have taken to the fresh soil, 
admit air very freely, except during cold drying winds, and expose 
the plants to all the light possible. Also stop and peg down the 
shoots, or tie out the stronger ones, which will admit light and air 
among the branches, and induce stocky, robust growth. A cold 
frame will be the best situation for the specimens, and to this they 
should be removed as soon as the state of the weather will allow of 
doing so with safety, and be inured to full exposure to sun and air, 
merely using the lights as a protection from cold drying winds and 
storms of rain. It will be advantageous to have the frame so placed 
in summer as to be shaded for a few hours in the forenoon from the 
sun. About a month or six weeks after potting, it will probably be 
found that the pots are full of roots, and in this case another shift 
should be given at once, which may be into the flowering pots. The 
size of these must be regulated by taste and convenience ; twelve- 
inch will be large enough to produce good-sized specimens ; but the 
