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foliage a yellow and unsightly appearance. When they have 
grown three or four inches, they will require to be tied up, to 
prevent them from falling over the sides of the pot. In doing 
this, place five small stakes at equal distances close by the edge 
of the pot; then pass a strip of matting with a turn round each 
of the stakes, and fasten it: it is necessary to leave the stakes 
two or three inches higher than the plants, as I have found them 
sometimes to require a second tie. If the roots at that time 
have found their way through the bottom of the pot, they must 
be broken off, or the plants will receive a severe check when 
finally removed. In re-plunging them, give them sufficient room 
to prevent their being drawn. They will require little more 
attention, besides giving plenty of air, watering, and shading, 
till the middle of May, when they will be in good condition for 
removing to the conservatory. 
The next sowing will require to be made about the beginning 
of April. The same compost as previously recommended should 
be used. For this sowing, however, I would prefer 32-sized pots, 
and would allow seven plants to remain in each : by thus having 
a greater body of soil, it will be found to retain moisture for a 
greater length of time, and the plants will not be so liable to 
receive any check by an accidental omission of watering. In 
other respects, the treatment already detailed should be followed. 
By the middle of May, if the frames should be wanted for other 
purposes, the pots may be plunged in some shady place out of 
doors. They will come into bloom about the beginning of July. 
Other successional sowings should be made about the beginning 
of June and the beginning of August. These may be plunged 
in a sheltered spot out of doors; and, with attention to watering, 
thinning, and tying up, as previously directed, they will come 
into bloom respectively about the middle of August and the end 
of October. The latter of these sowings must be removed to a 
frame as soon as danger from frosts may be apprehended. 
The next sowing, which is to provide plants for blooming 
through the winter months, must be made about the middle of 
September. A little more attention is necessary at this season 
of the year, in order to prevent them from damping off, and also 
to secure as much of the sun’s rays as possible. The soil I 
would recommend for this sowing consists of three parts of loam, 
one part of dung, and one part of leaf-mould. My reason for 
