When the cuttings rooted in a hot-house during winter have been hardened in a pit or a greenhouse, they can in May stand a long journey without or with very little earth at the roots and packed in damp moss. On arrival the roots must be dipped in water, and immediately planted in a very airy situation, shaded for a few days if the sun is shining. They must be kept moist, and when they are in a growing state watered from time to time, at least once a week, with liquid manure.

When they are about 4 inches high they must be pruned to about half their size to obtain side shoots and flower buds. By this process they will bloom in autumn. When the flower buds are well formed they can, if destined for in-door decoration, be potted in 6-inch pots and put on slight bottom heat in a pit or a stove; shut for about a week and then aired gradually when the weather permits for another week, and as soon as the buds begin to expand they can be taken in-doors.

Of course, those destined for that purpose must have a certain quantity of flower buds, and those which do not bear a sufficient quantity must not be potted, and kept for next spring flowering, and potted in March or April. Monplaisir, Lyon.