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our own observation, but as we desire cultivators to think for 
themselves, and depend less on mere rule of thumb, let them 
when an obstinate ease of this sort arises in their practice, de¬ 
termine well if they have met all the conditions of the plant’s 
natural habits, and try again if positive maturity bas been en¬ 
sured, for there, we think, will be found the unobservable but very 
important omission. There is, of course, much variation in the 
proper means to be employed, and in the extent to which it should 
be carried, so that nothing short of close attention to natural 
habits, and a discriminating observance of effects can avail in 
judging of the length to which the ripening process should be 
carried with particular individuals; there are no definite rules to 
be laid down for the encouragement of the idle in this case, but 
each must observe and judge for himself; only one thing may be 
received as positively incontrovertible, that every member of the 
vegetable kingdom requires the opportunity thus to recruit or 
concentrate its powers of action in a greater or less degree, as 
certainly as those of the animal portion of created matter require 
the corresponding period of rest which they derive from sleep. 
On the approach of continued wet or cold weather, the plants 
should be taken into the stove, keeping them rather cool and very 
moderately watered, till the flowers begin to appear, when a more 
liberal treatment may be adopted, and the termination of the 
season’s labours will be crowned with a rich display of the bril¬ 
liant orange-coloured blossoms represented in our plate, produced 
near tlie point of every strong shoot on the plants. 
Juanulloa parasitica is said to grow in the manner of an 
epiphyte, by attaching itself to the trunks of other larger trees, 
and there is little doubt that, was it desirable, J. aurantiaca 
might be induced to grow in the same manner, for the freedom 
with which it produces roots from the internodes of its branches 
bespeak a tendency to cling, and were sufficient moisture pre¬ 
sented to such parts, in all probability this incipient character 
would be portrayed, as in the case of its congener. The readiest 
means of accomplishing such an object would be to fasten a young 
rooted plant on to a block, and envelope the lower part in moss, 
keeping it damp by constant syringing ; however, we do not see 
that the appearance of the plant would be improved was it grown 
in such a manner, and in ordinary stoves it would entail much 
