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end of April I took my plant out of the cellar and repotted it: the stem 
died partly down, but it soon put out several shoots from the part that 
was still alive, all of which I removed as before, but one; and, as this grew 
very strong, the sort of angle it formed with the main stem was soon ob¬ 
literated, and it formed a tolerably straight stem, bearing this second year 
a superb head of flowers. The whole plant was about a foot and a half 
high, and looked extremely pretty on a stand among geraniums, which 
concealed both the pot and the bare stem. I always prefer this way of 
growing the Bouvardia for pots, its natural habit being to throw up a 
number of rampant shoots with coarse rough leaves, which have rather an 
unsightly appearance, unless when the plant is grown in the open border 
with plenty of air, where it flowers beautifully all through the summer, 
and till quite late in the autumn, and, I believe, is now even found to 
stand the winter if the roots are covered with manure or litter, as the 
plant generally dies down to the ground. The third year, the winter 
having been very severe, the stem of my plant died quite down, and I was 
afraid the roots were dead also. I took up the plant some time after 
having potted it, and found it preparing to throw up shoots by a number 
of soft white growths about the thickness of vermicelli springing from the 
roots near the surface. This called to mind the manner of increasing it, 
and I immediately cut off several of these growths with a small piece of 
root attached to each, and planted them in a pot, covering them entirely 
with mould, and most of them grew. The proper method, however, is 
to cut off portions of the roots just previous to potting the plant for the 
season, and sticking them in a pot with one end a little above the surface, 
to prevent their rotting. Since my successful attempt at increasing, I 
have never been without a supply of plants, always amusing myself by 
training one or more into a tree, as they take a year or two to come to 
perfection, and are liable to die down to the ground. There is another 
species or variety of Bouvardia which has either been lately introduced or 
brought again to light, which I have never seen, but which I have heard 
is more brilliant and beautiful than my old favourite. No doubt the same 
treatment will apply to it, and perhaps you will inform your readers of 
the name of this species. versicolor is not half so handsome as 
B. triphylla.'] 
I am also fond of growing Fuchsias in this way, and find they look ex¬ 
tremely well in the stand, with geraniums, or other bushy plants in front; 
and I had one which for successive years I turned out of the pot into the 
border, where it was the admiration of every body (taking it up some¬ 
times only a few days before Christmas, and removing it to my 66 refuge 
for the destitute,” the cellar), till old age at last disabled it; the stem 
