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but as yet it is rather scarce, and commands a good price in the 

 market. The Eof^e variety, which is much clieaper, comes, when 

 forced, very nearly white, and is grown in large quantities for 

 Covent Garden Market. The double Van Thol, which also has red 

 and yellow flowers, is cheaper than the single form, and those who. 

 are anxious to produce the best display possible for a little money, 

 should select it in preference to the others. The Van Thols 

 should be planted about two inches apart in shallow boxes, and 

 when they are coming into bloom, lifted out carefully, and put in pots 

 three or more together, or in any of the ornamental receptacles now 

 in vogue for the drawing-room. They can be put in pots at the first, 

 but as it will occasionally happen that some will come into bloom 

 before the others, the most satisfactory results are obtained by 

 growing them in boxes. For forming an immediate succession to 

 the foregoing, and also for flowering later on without forcing, the 

 undermentioned varieties will be found useful. They are not the 

 very best in the several shades of colour, but they are exceedingly 

 good, and have the grand recommendation of cheapness. Single : 

 Artus, scarlet ; Cottar/e Maid, rose pink ; White PottehaJckcr ; Thomas 

 Moore, orange ; Yellow Prince, yellow ; double Dulco of YorJc, dark 

 rose, white border; Impe7'atorRuh)xiruni, scarlet crimson ; La Cavdeur, 

 white ; Bex Buhrormn, bright red ; and Tournesol, red and yellow. This 

 selection will be quite sufficient for the decoration of the conser- 

 vatory, as it includes none but those which are of good quality 

 and effective. In some respects they are superior to many of the 

 more expensive varieties. These should "be grown in six-inch pots, 

 three bulbs in each, and they should be managed in much the same 

 manner as hyacinths. The compost must be rich and moderately 

 open, and there is perhaps nothing better than a mixture consisting 

 of two parts turfy loam, one part of old hotbed or stable manure, and 

 a liberal proportion of grit. The pots will require a tolerably good- 

 drainage in the bottom, and the bulbs should be buried so low, that 

 the extreme point of the bulb only is visible above the surface. They 

 will require plunging in a bed of loose material, as advised last month 

 for the hyacinths, and as the subsequent management is precisely 

 the same, it is not necessary to repeat the details. 



Narcissus. — The Polyanthus Narcissus are very sweet-seen ted, and 

 sufficiently attractive tojustify their beinggrown in moderate numbers. 

 The Douile Boman and Ditbius, commonly known as Paper White, 

 are especially valuable, because of their flowering very early without 

 the assistance of artificial heat. The best six cheap kinds are — 

 Bathursf, Grand Monarq^ue, Grand Pri^no, Gifronier, boleil d'Or, 

 States General, and Sulpherine. Of the garden Narcissus, adapted 

 for pot-culture, Bullocodium, a very beautiful species of compara- 

 tively small growth, which can be most strongly recommended, and 

 Double White, pure white, and very sweet scented, are the two best. 

 The last-mentioned is so useful for cutting, that as it is cheap it 

 may with advantage be grown in quantities in boxes wherever cut 

 flowers are in request early in the season. All the Narcissus 

 required for conservatory decoration should be potted, and otherwise 

 managed in precisely the same manner as the tulips. The small 



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