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EUPHORBIA JACQUINIFLORA. 
Sir, —It may seem out of place to call the attention of your 
readers to the culture of the Euphorbia Jacquiniflora at this time, 
when its beauties for the season are over; but, in my opinion, it 
is the season when most attention should be bestowed upon it. In 
every plant there is a period of its existence in which it will have 
repose, or rest, the same as in the animal kingdom. In that kingdom 
some require repose at short intervals, and some at much longer 
ones ; it is the same in the vegetable creation, although involved 
in greater obscurity ; but the more we study the nature of the 
plant, the more able shall we be to know the seasons in those plants 
which are imperceptible to our senses, and more successful shall we 
be in their cultivation. In few plants that I know of, is their season 
of rest so easily observed as the Euphorbia Jacquiniflora. When 
the plant is done flowering, which is usually about the latter end 
of February, it seems almost dead, and will continue in that state 
for two or three weeks, do with it what we will ; and, strange too, 
at that season of the year when mostly all other plants are in a 
vigorous growing state. It may be urged on by watering and 
placing it in a moist heat, but the effort in most cases will cause its 
death. I have made these few remarks in order to call the atten¬ 
tion of your readers, who may not have observed it to the extent 
that it ought to be in the culture of all sorts of plants. Having been 
rather successful in growing the Euphorbia, I will here give the 
method I adopt. When it is done flowering, I stop giving water, 
and place it in the coldest part of the stove. I let it remain there 
about six or eight weeks ; if the mould in that time should appear 
too dry, I water occasionally the outside of the pot, which, owing 
to its porous nature, absorbs a quantity of Water, which finds 
its way into the soil and roots, keeping them a little moist. If we 
cut a piece of wood, previous to withholding the water, there will 
be but very little of its milky-like sap exude from the wound, 
although there is plenty of moisture in the soil ; but if we cut it 
again, after standing dry for six weeks, the sap will come in 
greater abundance than before ; in my opinion, showing, in a 
very striking manner, the necessity of plants having a period of 
repose, and likewise the advantage that will be thus derived in 
their future culture. 
