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that is required for them till the latter end of June, when 
they should be taken to the greenhouse in order to afford them 
a season of comparative rest. Here they form their flower- 
buds ; and on resuming their station in the stove about No¬ 
vember, they burst forth and continue in beauty for a long 
period. 
After this first year’s growth, it will be well to inure the 
plants to a cooler treatment, by placing them in the greenhouse 
at an earlier season than that mentioned for the recent ones, 
say about March, or as soon as their flowering is past. This 
induces a closer and more compact growth than will be ob¬ 
tained from the higher temperature of the stove, and occasions 
less trouble in their management, as it precludes the necessity 
of stopping the shoots, and generally less water will suffice, 
besides the additional advantage of inducing a more copious 
supply of flower-buds. Here, if the plants are allowed a good 
space on all sides, and have only ordinary attention, they 
may reasonably be expected to form large and handsome 
heads, which, on the return of winter, will be found to be 
profusely dotted with its pretty flesh-coloured blossoms; and if 
a number of plants have been obtained, it will be easy to insure 
a successional development by managing their introduction to 
a warmer atmosphere at intervals, the first to be taken to the 
stove about the middle of October, while the last will probably 
remain in the greenhouse altogether. The proper season for 
repotting mature plants is soon after the blooming season is 
past; and they should be allowed an abundant supply of fresh 
earth, as it will be found that their minute fibrous roots extend 
and ramify in inconceivable numbers ; and the proportion of 
food must be equal, or the deficiency will be apparent in the 
stunted appearance of the leaves and branches. 
Henry Roberts. 
