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the whole plant asunder. These will be quite ripe within the twelve 
months, and I have no hesitation in affirming that this can be carried out, 
as a rule, provided the young plants are grown on in as much light as 
possible, and not on the heavy-watering system, which ruins more Pine 
plants, by rendering them unfruitful, than all other causes put together. 
Archerfield. D. Thomson. 
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DIPLADENIA CRASSINODA. 
’HIS fine creeper is worthy of a place in every collection of stove plants, 
) however limited, as a well grown specimen will produce a succession 
of its beautiful deep rose-coloured blossoms for several months. 
To begin with a young healthy plant—say in a 60-size pot; shift 
it at once into a 32, using good fibrous peat broken up into pieces 
varying from the size of a hazel nut to that of a walnut; this should form 
nine-tenths of the compost, the other part to be good yellow loam well 
pulverised by rubbing between the hands; mix them well together, and 
then add a liberal quantity of sharp silver sand, sufficient to cause the 
water to pass freely through when watering is performed. The large 
tuberous roots of Dipladenia are most impatient of stagnant water, there¬ 
fore let the drainage be ample ; one-fourtli of the depth of the pot, of what¬ 
ever size, should be filled with broken crocks, over which is to be placed a 
layer of rough fibrous peat to keep the drainage from becoming choked and 
inefficient. Pot moderately firm, and place the plant in a temperature 
ranging from 60° to 70°; be careful in watering, and as the season advances, 
the temperature may be increased in proportion to increase of light—to 
80° or 85° by solar heat. This of course can be regulated by ventilation, 
as in case the temperature should rise above this point more air should be 
admitted. Use shading as little as possible, in fact, it is best dispensed 
with entirely, unless so far as is absolutely necessary to prevent the young 
foliage from becoming scorched by the rays of the sun through the glass. 
Syringe morning and evening, and sprinkle the floor of the house near to 
the plant two or three times during the day, as the Dipladenia delights in a 
warm moist atmosphere. When the plant has taken to the shift, give 
liquid manure water once a week; and as soon as the roots have made their 
way to the sides of the pot, shift into one two sizes larger, using the same 
kind of compost for potting as before, and treat as previously recommended. 
The plant should now make rapid progress, and by the end of July will 
probably require another shift, which should be but to one size larger than 
the pot it is taken from. Due attention must be paid to tying the young 
shoots as they continue to grow, either to stakes or trellis, but at all times 
allow 10 or 12 inches of the extremities of the shoots to have full liberty, 
as by tying them in when so tender they are apt to get injured in the- 
