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wards pulled up ; but it is better to leave them both growing until the 
danger of damping off is over. 
23. As each plant advances in growth, pick off all the side shoots, 
leaving the leaf at the base of each shoot to assist in the growth of 
the plant. 
24. When the plants are drawn up, by plenty of heat and mois¬ 
ture, to the height of about a foot, they will begin to show flower; 
the flowers, however, must be nipped off, and all side shoots he re¬ 
moved as they appear. 
25. About a week after the flowers have been nipped off, remove 
the plants to the greenhouse, where they should have less water but 
plenty of air. Carefully tie each to a thin stick with bass matting. 
26. After a time each will begin to send out another shoot from 
near the top, which must be led up the stick, and all side shoots again 
nipped off, but the bottom leaves again left to assist the growth of the 
stem. 
27. The plants will now have attained to their proper height, from 
eighteen inches to two feet high; again cut of the bloom when it 
appears, and continue to keep the plants in the greenhouse. 
28. In autumn they will put forth plenty of shoots from the top, 
and make a handsome bush, and will come into flower early in Feb¬ 
ruary, or March, according to the heat in which they may have been 
kept. 
All the other annual species of Reseda, as linifolia, Cliinensis, 
Mediterranea, &c., merely require to be sown in the open ground, 
and treated as other annuals—Vol. i, page 18. 
The biennial species, as alba , lutea , &c., may be treated as recom¬ 
mended,—Yol. i. page 66. 
The shrubby species are all tender plants, and although they will 
flower very freely in the open air during summer, it is indispensable 
that they be sheltered in winter, either in a greenhouse or frame. 
They are readily increased by cuttings of the half-ripened wood, 
planted in light sandy soil, and plunged in a gentle heat. They also 
produce seeds, which should be sown in March. 
