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sarily obliges the operator to wet the foliage of the cuttings at 
the same time, a thing to be avoided by all possible means as a 
most prolific source of disappointment in the predisposition it 
induces, to mildew and “fogging,” from the lodgment and re¬ 
tention of water among the leaves, while, by immersing the 
pot, they are kept quite dry, and the object attained far more 
efficaciously. 
After preparing and potting the cuttings in the manner de¬ 
scribed, they should be covered with a glass and plunged into a 
moderate liot-bed. In three or four weeks they will have pro¬ 
truded roots, and may then be potted separately into small pots 
in a mixture of peat, loam, and sand, in equal quantities, and by 
continuing them through the summer in a temperature of about 
65°, will make rapid progress, so much that, by the beginning of 
September, they may be partially rested by placing them out of 
doors in the sun and restricting the supply of water. Continuing 
this course for a month will mature their new wood and assist 
the formation of the flower buds, and, that these may be perfected 
and the action of the plant brought on again in- a natural and 
proper manner, it will be advisable to keep them in the green¬ 
house from the time the plants are removed in doors till the end 
of November, when the stove should receive them for the deve¬ 
lopment of their blossoms. 
With mature plants it will be necessary to repot at the termi¬ 
nation of blooming season, which may be taken as the early part 
of April. At this time the greater part of the old soil should be 
removed, and, if the plants are healthy, larger pots than the last 
may be employed, though it is not advisable to over-pot them, 
lest a rambling growth be induced. The soil should be peat and 
loam, as the chief components, with the addition of about one 
third of the whole of leaf-mould and sand. In this mixture, with 
moderate root room, the plants will grow sufficiently vigorous to 
ensure a fine display of flowers. All the branches should be 
shortened at the same time, regulating the pruning by their re¬ 
spective strength and the general appearance of the specimen, on 
the whole, cutting them rather close, as afterwards the shoots 
should be allowed to grow on without again stopping. On the 
judicious management of these two operations much of the beauty 
of the plants will depend. With respect to the potting, a me- 
