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not necessary to the end in view that 
the individuals thus stationed should 
produce the large flowers of the more 
delicate varieties, but rather that they 
be remarkable for an indurated compact 
habit of growth, and are precocious of 
blossom. Plants of this kind endure 
for vears, and annually shoot with addi- 
tional vigour, while the high-bred variety 
in the same position would naturally 
deteriorate, and dwindle into nothing¬ 
ness. A light rich soil should be pre¬ 
pared for them, and the only care re¬ 
quired, if the proper kinds are selected, 
will be merely to cut them down close 
with the ground every season, as soon 
as they become injured by autumnal 
frosts, covering the crown of the plant 
with a layer of dry leaves or other light 
material, to ward off the most severe 
action of the weather. F. coccinea, ex- 
cortica, Riccartonii, and their descend¬ 
ants, are most suitable for this purpose. 
The culture of the finer kinds is an inter¬ 
esting employment, as, from their free, 
vigorous, character, all the benefit deriv¬ 
able from attention and judicious ma¬ 
nagement is rapidly and, as it were, 
gratefully developed. The course most 
advisable where large and handsome 
specimens are desired to bloom through 
the summer, is to have young plants in 
the autumn in a well-rooted growing 
condition, to be moderatelv shifted and 
'treated in a liberal manner in winter, so 
as to continue then growth without be¬ 
coming drawn or otherwise weakened, 
and in January these maybe placed into 
large pots, and encouraged to unfold 
their new parts in a warm moist atmo¬ 
sphere, being shifted again in March, or 
as soon as their roots fill the pots in 
which they are placed. Up to this 
time only pure water should be given 
them, but when once re-established in 
this, the final shift, liquid manure may 
be freely supplied two or three times 
a week, and when the flowers are about 
to expand it is advisable to keep the 
atmosphere about them rather drier, and 
the plants shaded from the sun. Another 
mode of treating them, which has its 
advantages where space is limited, is to 
perfectly dry the soil about them after 
the blooming season, and either to shake 
the roots completely ont of the earth, 
or preserve them in it, keeping them 
quite dry through the winter and secure 
from frost; then in the spring, about the 
middle of January, repot and plunge the 
plants into a brisk bottom heat, to induce 
them to break freely, afterwards treating 
them in the ordinary manner. This mode, 
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however, seems to wear the plants out 
in three or four years, but for young 
vigorous specimens is nearly equal to 
the first-mentioned course. The soil is 
an important consideration: for the high- 
coloured varieties it can hardly be too 
rich; if a mixture of equal parts loam, 
leaf-mould, rotten dung, and fine sand, 
be well mixed and thoroughly drained in 
the pots, there will be little to apprehend 
in the way of failure among this class; 
but for the light-coloured varieties among 
whom it is desirable to preserve as much 
delicacy as possible, we should advise 
peat to be used instead of the loam, and 
to omit the manure altogether. It may 
be worth while to add a few words on 
the subject of impregnation and the pro¬ 
duction of new varieties; the season for 
the former is close at hand, and those 
who desire to raise seedlings should pay . 
particular attention to the operation, 
that a reasonable prospect of success 
may be ensured. The multitude of se¬ 
minal offsprings which are now cultivat ed, 
of nearly every conceivable shade of co¬ 
lour, render it necessary that all future 
productions should be marked with some 
prominent distinguishing character, or 
they will be little better than worthless. 
The cultivator should, therefore, deter¬ 
mine on the style he desires to pervade 
the future seedlings, and combine such 
of the existing varieties as present the 
greatest probability of ensuring the de¬ 
sired result. The operation of hybridiz¬ 
ing is simply to remove the stamens of 
the seed-bearing plant before they burst 
to distribute their pollen, and after 
waiting a day or two for the stigma to 
attain maturity, it should be dusted over 
with the farina of the variety it is wished 
to mingle with.- The seed should be 
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sown as soon as ripe, clearing them from 
the surrounding pulp of the berry, and 
