142 hot-house — of repotting PLANTS. [February* 
comes numerous. They give the foliage a very disagreeable 
appearance, and it is too often intolerable, before their career 
is arrested. It also takes a stronger fumigation,, which has 
frequently to be repeated the following day to the same de- 
gree, much to the injury of many of the plants, and adding 
to the disagreeableness of the continued vapour in the house. 
of repotting plants. 
About the end of the month, some of the plants of Cur- 
cuma Araomum Kxmpftrut, Alpina, Pltrynium, C'dnna, 
Zingiber, Hcdycliium, and others that are on the dry shelf, 
will be offering to grow. Let them be taken out of their pots, 
some of their weakest shoots or tubers taken off, and the 
strong ones repotted : give gentle waterings until they grow 
freely, then give in abundance. (Soil No. 17.) 
Dion sea mucijnda, or Venus's fly-trap, grows best in the 
hot-house, and will, about the end of the month, stand in 
need of being repotted. This plant is very seldom grown in 
any degree of perfection, having been always considered a 
delicate plant in collections. Take it out of the pot just be- 
fore beginning to grow afresh, and divested of all the soil, 
leaving only a few of the young roots (it is a bulb, and will 
receive no injury by so doing), put it in new soil; when 
potted, place the pot in a saucer with one inch of water in it; 
giving a fresh supply every other day ; this being repeated 
every year, it will grow, flower and seed in perfection. (Soil 
No. 5.) 
Gesnerias, if in small pots, give larger as they advance in 
growth. This genus requires to have plenty of pot-room to 
make them flower well. G. oblongata, G. Zebrina, and G. 
Sellburii ought to have a situation in every hot-house. They 
are remarkable for their many brilliant crimson flowers, and 
continue in flower for a length of time. "When the bulbs 
begin to push, shake them out of the earth, and repot them 
into smaller pots; and, as soon as the roots reach the side of 
the earth, which will be in about one month, put them in 
larger pots, and continue to do so until flowering, which will 
be about the first of June, observing always to keep the ball 
of earth entire. G. Doiajldsii, G. r id ilia, G. acaitlis, and 
some others, are all well worth attention. (Soil No. 11.) 
