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growing, should be partially cut through, at a length suf¬ 
ficient to leave about three prominent buds on each shoot; 
and in the autumn, when they are perfectly at rest, and 
about to be placed in the cold frame for another winter, they 
should be completely severed at this point; their winter treat¬ 
ment would comprise nothing beyond the ordinary routine, 
the most important point being that they should be kept in¬ 
active by withholding water from them as much as possible. 
In spring they should be taken out, the balls of each slightly 
reduced, without destroying the fibres, and then repotted into 
pots larger than before, and in a similar rich loamy compost. 
A close frame or pit is suitable for their growth, where they may 
have the advantage of a free exposure to light, and enjoy a de¬ 
gree of temperature gradually progressing from 40 to 50° and 
50° by day, with a decrease of at least 5° during the night; 
this adjustment of temperature will admit of considerable varia¬ 
tion, and may be regulated either to accelerate or retard their 
period of blooming, without submitting them to what is usually 
considered to be implied by the term “ forcing.” 
During this period of development, they would require a due 
and constant supply of water, and they will be benefited by an 
occasional application of very much diluted liquid manure ; they 
ought also to be frequently syringed, and every attention should 
be paid to arrest the progress and increase of insects, which will 
certainly make their appearance, and may be as certainly de¬ 
stroyed by the timely application of any of the common and 
well-known remedies. Probably they would require some arti¬ 
ficial support to their branches, the exact nature of which will, 
however, be best left to the taste and judgment of the cultivator. 
The most important point to be regarded (if one impoitant and 
indispensable requisite can be said to be more impoitant than 
another), is to maintain a pure atmosphere in conjunction with 
the increased temperature, without submitting the plants to the 
influx of large bodies of raw cold air ; and another point which 
claims especial attention, is to afford the plants some kind of 
shading when in bloom, with a view to prevent the blossoms 
from falling so rapidly as they otherwise would do. 
By following this course of treatment, the cultivator might 
expect to be rewarded by the healthy appearance, and abundant 
blooming of his plants. I say he might expect this, because it 
