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the autumn, soon after they are ripe, for, when 

 omitted until the spring, the plants seldom grow to 

 their natural size, or produce either fine flowers or 

 seeds. 



The seed should be sown on beds of free lioJit 

 earth, in a dry and warm situation. When the 

 plants are a])out two inches high, they may be 

 transplanted into odier beds, or into the quarters of 

 the parterre where they are intended to flower. 



'Ihe Great Yellow-flowered Xeranthemum, FiiU 

 fjidum, is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and 

 was introduced by Mr. Masson, in 1774. 



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