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tlie afternoons. Strawberry plants in all stages should have a liberal supply of 
water, and those swelling their fruit require liberal doses of liquid manure two 
or three times a week. Plants in bloom should have abundance of air. Introduce a 
fresh batch of plants fortnightly for succession.—M. Saul, Stourton. 
BOUVARDIA JASMINIFLORA. 
have to thank Mr. Standish for the information how to grow the 
beautiful little specimens of Bouvardia jasminijlora , which have been 
exhibited from the nursery of Messrs. Standish and Co., of Ascot, at the 
recent spring meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society. This 
Bouvardia is a charming little plant for winter decoration; its white jasmine¬ 
like flowers very much resemble those of B. longijlora , but the plant is more com¬ 
pact in habit, and much more floriferous. Such useful and pretty little specimens 
as that represented in the accompanying figure, borrowed from the Gardeners' 
Chronicle, are thus produced :— 
Cuttings are struck in April and May, and when well rooted they are planted 
out in pits, in soil about 5 inches deep, consisting of leaf-mould, rotten dung, 
