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making a vigorous young plant if potted in a light compost con¬ 
sisting of peat, leaf soil, and sand in equal proportions, and 
plunged in a bottom heat of 80°, with a moist atmospheric tem¬ 
perature of 75° to 85°. When rooted each plant may be repotted 
into 60-size pots, employing similar compost, and again plunge 
them. In fourteen days the plants will be ready for shifting into 
48-size pots, in which they may be flowered the following spring 
and summer if the plants are generously treated throughout the 
growing season. At this potting a compost of a richer character 
should be used, consisting of fibry loam, peat, well-decayed cow 
manure, and sand in equal proportions. The drainage should be 
thoroughly efficient, as during the growing season the Marica 
delights in an abundant supply of water overhead and at the 
roots. Place it as near to the glass as possible in the stove or 
Fig. 29— MARICA (CYPELLA) CAERULEA. 
intermediate house, using just sufficient shade to prevent scorch¬ 
ing. As the days shorten expose the plants to the full influence 
of the sun and a freer circulation of air in order to consolidate 
and mature their growth, gradually decreasing the supply of water 
at the roots, and giving just sufficient through the winter months 
to keep the foliage fresh. On the return of spring the supply of 
water and heat is increased, and in a short time the lovely flowers 
amply repay the cultivator for his pains. After flowering they 
should be placed in pots a size larger, employing the above com¬ 
post, and may be grown on to any size, or they may be flowered 
in the same pots for several years.—J. U. S. 
Red Spider on Vines. —This season I have had some Vines 
infested with Camellia spider. I give it this name, as I believe it 
