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should be formed of rather close work, and attention must be 
paid in the outset to the training, that the plant may be made 
to fill the bottom well before it is allowed to reach the top of 
the frame. A sunny situation in the stove, or intermediate 
house, is indispensable ; not that the plant requires a high tem¬ 
perature, but if placed in the shade it grows too luxuriantly to 
allow of its flowering well, producing a great quantity of stems 
and leaves, and but few blossoms. 
At the close of the season, say the middle or end of Septem¬ 
ber, when the beauty of the plant is leaving it, let it be gradually 
dried off, and the roots may be stowed away for the winter on 
any dry shelf. 
Manettia bicolor is of still more robust habit, and it is neces¬ 
sary to begin early in the season with it, as the plant must be 
well grown before it will flower ; and by this reason it usually 
attains a greater size than cordata. Its chief superiority con¬ 
sists in the very rich colour of its flowers, the bright yellow and 
crimson affording a beautiful contrast. Like the latter, mature 
plants should be dried, or allowed to sink into a state of rest for 
the winter; but those who did not obtain their plants till the 
commencement of summer will most likely have them now in 
full vigour. Such plants will be the better for all the encourage¬ 
ment they can have through the winter. They should be kept 
constantly growing, and will thus flower well and early in the 
spring. They have hitherto been chiefly propagated by cut¬ 
tings, which root readily under a hand-glass on a little heat. 
This, too, and for the same reason assigned for cordata, requires 
a light situation in the house, nor is there any material difference 
in the treatment of either, and both will well repay the trouble 
bestowed on them. 
The soil I find to suit them best is soft open loam and peat 
with a good proportion of leaf-mould, using a good drainage and 
sufficient sand in the compost to keep the whole mass free and 
open for the roots to work in. 
J. Green. 
