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B0R0N1A SERRULATA. 
After the operation of shifting, they should be placed on some 
warm shelf in a sheltered part of the greenhouse, and, in the 
continued application of water, be careful to avoid extremes, for 
should the ball of earth become either too dry or too wet at this 
stage' of the plant’s progress, the result would be inevitably 
fatal. 
Should they go on well as the season advances, let them be 
removed to a frame where the air about them is free and pure; I 
prefer the frame to stand full south, being careful to shade from 
intense sun during four or five hours at the meridian of the day; 
and as the plants become established, and the weather propi¬ 
tious, let plenty of air be given night and day. 
If they will bear a second shift by the middle of July proceed 
to do so, but observe particularly that they are well rooted and in 
entire health before this is determined on; at each successive 
shift let the compost be a little coarser each time, paying attention 
to efficient drainage, rendering it equal throughout the ball; if 
the weather is not very favorable, let the plants be kept rather 
close for a few days. During the summer months, as the sun 
declines in the after part of the day, syringe them over-head two 
or three times a week, and at any time when water is required at 
the roots, whether it be once in two days, a week, or fortnight, 
give enough to moisten the whole ball and no more, the little-and- 
often system is being repudiated and very properly so. 
When they are growing freely, let the shoots be stopped, that 
they may become bushy and compact, but do not, under any 
consideration, perform this operation except when they are in an 
active growing state. At the latter end of summer, remove them 
to a warm part of the greenhouse, as near to the glass as possible, 
avoiding currents of air and sudden transitions from heat to cold at 
all times, but admit it freely in clement weather. In watering, use 
rain-water, as with it is associated ammonia, one of the convertible 
stimulants of vegetable life and matter. Should mildew make its 
appearance, dust the foliage with sulphur; let the plants respire 
in a pure atmosphere, and treat them in conformity with Nature’s 
code of laws, and the reward will be certain. 
George Fry. 
