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EUPHORBIA JACQUINIFLORA. 
This beautiful plant is increased by cuttings taken off in 
March, and planted in light, rich, sandy soil, plunging the pots 
in a strong hot-bed. I have two methods of culture for this 
plant. First, when low, bushy plants are wanted, take strong 
cuttings of well-ripened wood, six inches long, and plant five in 
a small thumb-pot, having first placed a little moss at the 
bottom, filling up the pot with pure white sand, plunging in a 
good hot-bed ; in the course of two or three days I water copi¬ 
ously. When the plants have made shoots three or four inches 
long, select the two strongest shoots on each cutting, rubbing 
off all the others. As soon as the two shoots have become firm 
I cut them back to three eyes each, which causes them to form 
beautiful bushy plants, taking care to nip off the ends of all 
straggling shoots till September, when the points are all taken 
off. The plants are repotted, as the roots appear through the 
bottom, in a very rich, light soil, removing them to the back 
bed of the stove, giving water in abundance; by this method 
bushy plants with drooping, slender branches are obtained. 
When the plants have done flowering water is withheld for a week 
or ten days, when the plants are pruned back to two eyes on 
each original shoot, and placed in a cool greenhouse or shed. 
I find if the pruning is delayed, that the eyes at the end of the 
shoots break first, which causes the long and straggling plants 
so often seen in collections, whereas, if pruned immediately, the 
plants are not exhausted. When it is wanted to excite the 
plants for the following winter, plunge them in bottom heat and 
supply water, by this method flowers are produced from October 
to February. 
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Second method. Take the strongest cuttings that can be 
got, cut them in lengths each containing four eyes, plant them 
singly in thumb-pots in rich, light soil, leaving two eyes above 
the soil; plunge in a good hot-bed, supplying water. When the 
shoots have attained one inch in length rub off the weakest, 
when twelve or fourteen inches long remove to the greenhouse 
to harden ; care must be taken not to break the roots, which will 
be found, on removal, to have run through the bottom of the pot. 
' Repot them in No. 24, using a good portion of ground bones in 
