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‘to see which are going to produce double flowers, and which not. All the 
latter must at once be thrown away; and when you are satisfied that 
those you have left for growing are producing double blooms, every 
perceptible bud should be instantly removed, to allow the plants to 
grow and fill the pots with roots before allowing them to bloom. If 
you keep the foliage healthy, as our treatinent will do, fresh buds 
will soon form in the axils of each leaf down to the base, and there is, 
therefore, no danger in removing the buds from the plants up to the 
time they are fully grown. A portion of the plants may be allowed to 
bloom in 9-inch pots; indeed, for the dwarf varieties, this sized pot is 
large enough—but to have fine specimens, the plants should again be 
shifted into 12-inch pots as soon as the roots have well reached the side 
of the ball of the former shifting. ‘These sized plants will require a deep 
pit, and to stand a great width apart; three feet, or even more, will not 
be too much for the best plants. Again, place the pots on bricks, and 
give a slight bottom heat; in a fortnight’s time from the last potting, the 
pots will be again filled with roots; and the bottom heat may be allowed 
gradually to decline, and the side branches should be neatly tied out. 
The plants should also now be daily inured toa cooler treatment, by 
well tilting up the sashes, and entirely removing them on mild quiet 
days—avoiding heavy rains and high winds. ‘These plants will 
commence blooming towards the end of August, and will continue for a 
month ; those in the 9-inch pots will bloom a month earlier. Weak 
guano water must be given them alternately with clear soft water from 
the time the 9-inch pots are filled with roots up to the time the plants 
show indications of exhaustion, and when the best of the bloom is gone. 
A few plants with the best flowers, and most. striking colours, should 
be removed to alight airy house, moderately warm, to ripen their seeds. 
_ My large plants average 3 feet, including the pot, by 2 feet 6 in 
diameter,and are perfectly symmetrical. There are two modes of training; 
one is to allow the main stem to grow, and tie out the laterals, forming 
a kind of obtuse pyramid when complete; the other is to pinch off the 
‘top when in the 6-inch pots, and select five, seven, or nine, of the best 
lateral shoots for training. These generally make the most uniformly 
shaped plants; in the latter case, the shoots should be tied into place as 
soon as they are long enough, and re-arranged when shifted into larger 
pots. When in bloom, no finer plants for the season are to be found for 
conservatories, sitting rooms, or for filling vases, baskets, &e. 
IMPATIENS. 
THE SIX OF SPADES. 
CHAPTER VI. 
Upon the occasion of our Curate’s first appearance as a member of 
the Six of Spades, I derived much gratification from contemplating the 
deportment of Joseph Grundy. No sooner did he see his Pastor, than 
he made an uncomfortable attempt to conceal his pipe, which, being a 
Broseley of robust proportions, declined to be concealed at any price ; 
while his features assumed, so far as their mirthful make permitted, 
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