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fftiLJr'L'likrL'.l Hint llii: iiiiil iiiUi^i i\3y Qrihiii fr<jin 4i itfifulmr [miH^jnc^ lo ik-comiJi-LiLim. Tlit eon^pinipni i:hiin(,T 

 of colour in The flII' |vrwtftiU'*: flesp inHi ttif li'.^ue'' of tllP ?lpni ; and in |iJr[s llic IcatiH iTf (U'V^iiO ">'" & 

 l,'clulihrkil'4 mas'.. Al llie tame liillC there is no miuiii iLKLlcalion of the <^U'f, 'Hieri- i>> liOl n Inn^ of any 

 purnrltif t^ccpl .tilcremi y.r.'pyiH^rJj;, DC, in an eorlv ^lagc of giunlli; ailll ovm r.M|ipi)f.in C that the -.jnHlm.n 

 \vr« conncclcil hi'Ii UiI'- C^hich in not impn^ELlile fn^m whal wl- know "f hJi^j'umq roM, uliiuli is in ilc»rnielivc 

 rhii year^H we /e>r rhat ihe rliPM*l GOiLAiderol iun, bb in sa many other cii!.s& of di^eohe, 1'^ not UVply If sugje'i a 

 L»ii-^lI)Ic rnnrdy." 



Tlii'^ sonic^hilt imlnLichDly ri|)ftrt I--, I am nfrnJil, ^H I i-.m aM lu tho flilMMnn nf [.ilj di'in-l, Mn. C T. 

 Wiin^nH bcLiLVe^ thai eipnaiirt la f mi anJ nin4i« (lif prinmri eaUsi af ilk? ftiKEaii-i but if tu, h^>^y li it ihat «<i 



nneiiaMlCjIttntityDf Ulii^<iiiafilWllliiHB==0''l'i"WllHi*""'*^^''*f "aj, Jllniwii I any c^iio^^ire al -II? 



Trolly the mallei i^Jil pTisenl inexplicable; for it often <ictiiv^ ihal, in llic same Iiouhc er ht:d rtheti lliew sad 

 iliftih-1 arc lakin^: plam, oihvr plaiLi'^ of Ihr 'iimr ^imrie^ 4re flourishing ciceediu^lv, and 1 knoit ihar even ill ihe 

 E^nmiElLT if li^"!' Liliei did vil\ Jll some plae^ii 



If I were ibottt lu rtcamiiiencH: Hie mllitation of TJlies, 1 nluiuld build a house or frame on purpone f^r 

 (hem, arrangcil, M nearly OS powilile, in ihe foUowins nLnnner: — 



A spanroofed pit slioald be made in 4 ■^lip:ier,:d silualiou, "ith lilt ends fjieiti? nonh and hernlli, iuuk 



nLoul three feet iu ll.c kidhuiL ""^ ^•''K «" entrance al oiie end, ™ilh n iinrro« path dowci Ihe i.nliv. The 

 lighl^ shmild lie made eiTter hi Blide down and taVc off lilie the llgbla of n fmcnc, or m hhin;^ lliitt Uic pit could 

 be completely tlironn 0[>en wliLn dtsired, 1 thinli Ihp impmlanT, beean^e thp complete eKi«sure of the planl^ to 

 i^prin^ and -uiniiiei ruln^ "Inn not too violent in of more benetit in thmi ihjm imy amount of syiin^ nj or walering ; 



andtiyliflin-ordra^^illLloirtliehijhK and rcplilcllig them nilh SOillC shaiUni! miilecilil ill hot fimny "eathcf, Wl-: 

 nvnid llie hnrcLin- 4md drying up of iLe wiU nbich U so diffienli lD|»ievent under a filed glass roof. 



No healJu^apparHliui would be neceBi^ar^'H af, ihe *liyht frost wliieli mi^il peuetrale iJie house in ^ery 

 i^vete i^-eiLher "ould not injure (he plants "hpu in a dormant rondition. 'Die bricli sideF of Ihe pit would be 

 aliout a foot or eighteen liiehpB above the Ri^^ond-WfU and mi-hl havs tcntihilori of pier^d ^iae to break tbe 

 drau^hi. The beiU ™nld be hnili up iviilibrioh to about ground Lpi-el i aiul ihe heijfhi of ihi- rLdgc fiomthe 

 zarlh Bhould K' not leas than sLven feel, or more if it i^ .V-sin-d to grow many planta of lAI'Um itH>vft>'«. The 

 |PL-d« would be comjioM^ of a draina^^e of 9 or in inehei of broken hHck^, stone, or liles, co.^red by kdjbc soil* 

 of good sod laid over them, nml Ailed in wuh about two fi^el of a gorapo^l eou^i'tmi? of al«ut hiilf li-hL Iwim. 

 one -luarler roarac hfnidn and one quarter loose fibrous peal, rtull hr-iken Lip and mi]<cri lo-cther. A |>iir[ of the 

 bcdsmiaht hnve a mliluro wiLhout peat, and Bnollior pan should hp comi^sed of half peat and a .luartLr leaf- 

 mony 1 Imt care mu-tbi^ rakm thai any leaf-mould used for [.dies i^ ihoroughlj rotten and free from Fun-oidj^ro^th, 

 Decayed n^oeoUnUl-fihre \,j^ 1^11 found an admirable SUbstilule for leaf-nioold, and may eieii he ueecI instead 

 of peaU llionfeh 1 should prefer ihe lulUt ivlien of good quality. A piod sprinkling of broken crocka, smtU 

 rtonen, or clijan eoarse giavel may hi^ mii^d nitli adianlas^ ihroii-h llie whole maw of soil ; and n miiture of 

 broken charcoal is al-o adianlageoui, as unlil Ihe rooiiv of [h.- iPljut-i have oeciipiL-d Ihe soil iheri^ k alw.ii^ a 

 ri^k ofit'. bee nmin" snnr ; an.U lielie^i thjl rliarn>al will UOl only prevent tlii.., but al«0 fliriell the SOlL. 



If the lioll'4^ e-inid be planted with hullfc already well rooted and esfahli-^lied in imt'i, I Jiiinhl pri^fer Ll. a', 



amonn a number of jHirehaived bulbn lliirii «ill ulway; he niiiny faihin'^. and Ihcrt is tomedaiii^er of llieir decay 

 iffpclmnlhe loil. If however, Ihi: entire ■^t<ick of pknl- wa^ pnrehaseil, L would not plant thorn oni till they had 

 Vseun to make rout, as it frequeniK hnppciiB thi" biillK. wliich hdTi; tjcen liflnl aud -^Tcrcly checked lie duLinjiit 

 forsfverjlmonlh'^; and rtlnin iu lliis ^late they are hkelj to rol if kepl at all «et. 



In a i>ii[l of the houxe a bed ^hn^dd Iv kepi for plungiiiif ^ilinlv in p.t\, mi that newly imported bulbo 



