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TORENIAS. 
the pots on an even surface, and give them a good sprinkling 
with a syringe or fine rose watering-pot. By the weight of water 
there may be a few of the young seed leaves cling to the surface 
of the soil: should such be the case, take the point of your dibble, 
and gently ease them off. Keep them shaded for a few days 
from the sun, and then place them on a shelf, if possible, about 
four inches from the glass, in a temperature equal to that recom¬ 
mended for the seed sowing, taking care that they are not neg¬ 
lected in the supply of water. They will soon fill the pots with 
roots, when they must be shifted into large sixties, and so on in 
proportion. When you have shifted them into forty-eights or 
thirty-twos, you may remove them into a lower temperature, such 
as a frame or greenhouse, but be sparing with ventilation for the 
first week, particularly cold draughts. The Rodanthe delights 
in a very light part of the house while growing, and therefore will 
make finer plants if sown in February than those sown in autumn, 
and have the dull winter months to go through. When you have 
them sufficiently hardened you can remove them to any place 
you may require them, or make a clump in the flower-garden, 
where they will form a very pleasing object throughout the 
summer months. 
THE CULTURE OF TORENIAS. 
The late additions to this genus having brought it so promi¬ 
nently forward, and possessing a character sufficiently elevated 
to maintain it in the estimation of floriculturalists, no doubt 
exists that, at least, the two new species will soon become very 
generally grown, some short hints on their habits and manage¬ 
ment may, therefore, possess an interest great enough to repay 
the perusal. The species referred to are T. Asiatica , and T. 
concolor , both dwarf-growing, soft-wooded, free-flowering plants. 
For the history of their introduction and native positions, I may 
refer to pp. 21b and 288 of the last volume of the ‘Florist’s 
Journal.’ In cultivation they require, like many other Indian 
productions, a little careful nursing in winter, but through the 
summer months may be grown almost anywhere. I had small 
