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equal success, as Ageratum, Heliotropes, Cuphea platycentra 
(which has the best appearance when raised to the eye, by grow¬ 
ing it in a vase or basket) : the dwarf Lobelias may be thus vastly 
improved, Calceolarias, or in fact nearly all the plants usually 
required for the purpose; and if, after repotting, they are 
plunged in old tan or ashes, in a slightly shaded spot, scarcely 
any further care will be necessary. Water will not be required 
more than once a week, and a store of good plants will be at 
hand whenever they may be wanted. 
Bromley . J. S. 
ANEMONE JAPONICA. 
Foe this introduction we are indebted to Mr. Fortune’s re¬ 
searches in China, and if not one of the most showy plants of 
that country, it is at least a very useful one to the conservatory 
gardener; its habits of blooming in mid-winter rendering it 
highly valuable for decorative purposes, at a season when the 
production of flowers is most desirable, and attended with the 
greatest trouble. This plant, however, differs from most others 
which can be induced to bloom in winter, for it occasions literally 
no trouble, growing and flowering with the greatest freedom, 
under the most ordinary treatment. It appears to grow best in 
a mixture of leaf-mould and loam, and established plants throw 
up a great number of suckers or offsets: these should be 
separated in the early part of the season, and if potted separately, 
and grown in the open air through the summer, will form 
blooming plants by the winter. Placed on a light shelf in the 
greenhouse about the beginning of October, and moderately 
supplied with water, they will begin to produce flower-stems in 
December, and continue them throughout the spring months. 
The colour of the flowers is purple, and they are of long conti¬ 
nuance, not only by succession but individually also. The ease 
with which it may be propagated and grown will soon render it 
common, and our greenhouses will thus be furnished with 
another attraction at a time when their interest most requires 
support. T. S. 
