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Rh allowed to grow together, and then kept pinched back continuously, as is often done, very few flowers may be expected. In the winter they should be pruned back to a couple of eyes, and



when they break, if both shoots are not wanted, rub one off. A little management of this description will save a world of trouble when they are in full growth.

.—The best place for pleromas is an intermediate house. The soil should be composed of equal parts of good peat, silky loam, and leaf-mould, and a half part each small potsherds and sharp sand. In the earlier stages of growth a larger proportion of sand should be used. During