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begins in August, or earJier, and may be continued while 
the plants are under glass, and until the blooms are two- 
thirds expanded, but the doses at this time should be 
weaker in character. A properly cultivated plant will 
evolve numerous surface roots when under glass, and 
they are of great service at this juncture, and for this 
reason it is important that they should be protected 
against any check from an overdose of manure water, or 
that of too strong a character. All watering should be 
done by the early afternoon, and excessive moisture 
wif>ed from the floor when the flowers are opening. 
These details may appear to be small matters, but their 
recognition by the grower all tends to promote a suc- 
cessful issue. Always maintain the buds and flowers in 
an upright position, so that they may open evenly and in 
good form. 
We should have mentioned earlier that it is not wise 
to grow more than three blooms on each plant, although 
there are a few exceptions to this rule. Some plants pro- 
duce five or six blooms quite as well as they would three 
blooms, but there are other instances where two blooms 
will be ample. 
Dwarf Plants. — The rooting of cuttings in March and 
April, and growing these on first in three-inch pots, and 
flowering same in six-inch orother rather larger pots is be- 
coming an increasingly popular form of culture. These 
same plants should be growm on on single stems, and 
the first or second crown bud, according to variety, 
secured in each instance, and the resulting flowers in 
many cases will often exceed the most sanguine expecta- 
tions of the grower. Many of the finest blooms exhibited 
at the leading shows are the result of blooms produced 
by this method of culture. 
Hints to Exhibitors. — Some weeks before the shows 
take place, exhibitors should see that their exhibition 
boards, and cups, and tubes, are all in good working 
