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tliey require potting off separately, and after arriving at this stage, 

 they must be shifted on, as more root space is required. The young 

 shoots will require stopping a few times during the earlier stages of 

 growth, to insure bushy specimens, but the stopping must not be 

 excessive, or the plants will be filled with a mass of small weakly 

 shoots. As the shoots are rather slender, a few stakes will be 

 required to support and regulate them. The Lasiandras are rather 

 more erect in growth, and, as a rule, simply require to be stopped 

 moderately when the foundation of the plant is being laid ; but 

 afterwards the shoots must be pinched with great caution, or there 

 will be very few flowers. There are two distinct forms of Lasiandra 

 macrantJia, and the one known as ^^florihunda " is decidedly the 

 best, as it flowers more freely, and has also a more compact and 

 bushy habit. The other form is not worth growing, for it is 

 " leggy," and very shy in flowering. It is, in fact, too much like 

 the old Pleroma Bentliamiana to be deserving of a moment's con- 

 sideration. 



CHOICE BULBOUS PLANTS FOR SPEIIS'a FLOWERING. 



BT. EOBEBT OUEEIDGE, 



Church Walk Nursery, Stoke ITewingtou, N. 



lESIDES Hyacinths, there are several other classes of 

 bulbous flowers of unquestionable value for the de- 

 coration of the conservatory in the early part of the 

 year. They are not, perhaps, equal in every respect 

 to hyacinths, yet as they afibrd a great variety of 

 colour and form, they shouhl be grown in proper proportions by 

 all who have a conservatory, There are, for example, the early- 

 flowering Tulips, with their richly-coloured, and, in many instances, 

 beautifully feathered flowers. The fragrant and distinctly-coloured 

 Narcissus, the deliciously fragrant Jonquils, the showy but short- 

 lived Crocuses, and so on. Well, a few of each of these subjects 

 are needful in the production of a really good display of spring 

 flowers. There are a few others which may be grown with advan- 

 tage, but I should advise the purchase of a selection of each of 

 those first, and then if they are considered insufiicient, any of the 

 other things which may in previous years have taken the fancy of 

 the cultivator, may be selected. Taking them in the order of their 

 importance, we have first of all the 



Tulips. — These should be purchased rather liberally, for although 

 thev do not remain long in perfection, they may be had in bloom for 

 a considerable period by dividing the stock into three or four por- 

 tions, and then placing them in the forcing pit at intervals of a 

 fortnight or so. The Van Thols are the earliest to bloom, and, 

 although they are comparatively small, they present an attractive 

 appearance when at their best. The Ited and Yelloiv, Crimson and 

 Scarlet, are of equal value. The White variety is very beautiful, 



