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THE .ESCHYNANTHUS. 
could not be desired in better condition, but for several seasons it 
refused to flower, and, from some cause unknown to me, the plant 
kept continually growing; change of temperature in this case 
had no effect, and in time it became too large for the trellis to 
which it was attached. Caring very little for such a plant, I cut 
the leading shoots back close to the frame, and in a short time it 
was covered with its extremely rich flowers, amply repaying for 
all past disappointment; this mode of pruning I have tested 
several times since, and always with similar success. Its effect 
has been the same, not only with the species named, but also on 
2E. Boschianus, Lohbianum,pulchra, and rcidicans ; with some of 
the latter plants I pinched off the point of each shoot on only 
half of the specimen, leaving the other portion untouched, and 
in a month the pruned part was furnished with flowers, while, 
on the other side, they were greatly deficient. 
Some further experiments on this part of the subject are now 
in hand, and I shall have much pleasure in making known the 
result as soon as sufficiently verified. 
The winter treatment of these plants should be marked by a 
comparative dormancy, an amount of rest proportionate with the 
development of the active season, being as necessary with these 
as with every other vegetable form, and to ensure it they must be 
kept both cool and dry. 
Their propagation is easy; well-ripened cuttings of the pre¬ 
ceding year’s growth are to be preferred, as being less liable to 
failure from damp, which often attends the employment of young 
tender shoots. Planted in the usual way, they emit roots pro¬ 
fusely, and should subsequently be kept in small pots filled with 
light sandy peat and leaf-mould, till of sufficient strength to 
meet the final shift. 
H. Plant. 
