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be experienced in removing the crocks, and the roots 
must of necessity be damaged in consequence. Pots for 
this shift should be either five-inches (forty-eights) or six- 
inches (thirty-twos) in diameter. •A.s in the earlier in- 
stance, wash the pots quite clean before using, adopting 
similar methods in their cleansing. 
Compost. — For repotting the decorative kinds the com- 
post should be of a good and lasting character, and the 
heap prepared in readiness for use some few days before 
it is actually required. Make up a compost with the 
following ingredients: Four parts good fibrous loam, one 
part leaf-mould, half a part of well-decayed horse manure, 
and liberal dustings each of wood ashes, bone-meal, and 
any reliable and approved fertiliser. Broken oyster- 
shells may also be added with advantage. Coarse silver- 
sand or clean road grit must be added in sufficient 
quantity to make the compost porous, but as so much 
depends upon the texture of the loam, no hard and fast 
rule can be observed. The loam and other ingredients 
should be broken up into small pieces, and the whole mixed 
in no uncertain manner. It is absolutely essential that 
there be an even distribution of the different soils, etc. ; 
and for this reason the heap should be turned over re- 
peatedly. Keep the compost under cover in case of rain, 
and turn over occasionally to sweeten before using. The 
five-inch pots should be used for plants of moderate or 
fairly robust growth, giving those plants with vigorous 
root action the larger size — six-inch pots. 
Potting. — One cannot state definitely at what period 
this potting should be done ; so much depends upon the 
condition of each plant. An earlier propagation would 
naturally result in each subsequent detail of culture being 
earlier also. The first batch to become rooted must be 
regarded as the first to be potted up, assuming they are 
well rooted at the time. During late April and May the 
earliest batches will probably need this attention, and 
