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HELI0TR0PIUM. 
although like many of the Greenhouse plants it requires 
an annual propagation. 
To raise this fragrant exotic, cuttings should be taken 
from the parent plant early in spring. This is done 
by taking off young shoots when a few inches long, 
and plantingthem in pots, filled with sandy soil, which 
should be placed in a hot bed, or a cucumber frame. 
Keep them a little moist, and shade them from the 
sun; remove all decayed leaves, or they will injure 
the cuttings. In three or four weeks, the cuttings 
will have rooted and may be taken out of the frame, 
and placed in the Greenhouse for a few days to har¬ 
den, previous to potting them off. 
Such as are intended to be kept in pots should be 
potted off into small pots, using for their soil a com¬ 
post of sandy loam, and decayed manure or leaf mould, 
in equal portions. Shake them out of the cutting pot, 
and allow as much soil to adhere to their roots as pos¬ 
sible, plant them singly in the small pots, cover their 
roots about half an inch deep, pinch off the tops of 
the plants to cause them to grow bushy, and after giv¬ 
ing them a watering, place them in a shady part of 
the Greenhouse till they have taken root; then remove 
them into a more exposed situation, and give them 
plenty of air and water. Due attention must be paid 
to shifting them into larger pots as often as their roots 
become matted round the sides of the pot, or the 
plants will soon assume a sickly hue. When in 
bloom, remove them where they are wanted to flower, 
and if watered freely in dry weather they will flower 
the whole summer. When they have done flowering, 
cut them down to within a few inches of the pot, 
