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quantity of silver sand will suit them admirably. The pots must 

 be clean and well drained, and the tubers buried about two inches 

 below the surface. The size of the pot must be regulated by the 

 number of the tubers put in each ; but as a guide to those who 



are unacquainted with them, one should 

 be put in five-inch, two in six-inch, 

 three in eight-inch, and four in nine- 

 inch pots, and the last mentioned is the 

 largest size that should be employed. 

 The soil must be kept dry until they 

 start into growth, and then sufficient 

 water applied to make the soil just 

 moist, and no more ; for very little 

 water will be required until they have 

 made considerable progress. After Feb- 

 ruary, when the trellis is covered with 

 foliage, more liberal supplies will be 

 required, and an occasional dose of weak 

 liquid manure will be of considerable 

 service. 



The trellis should be fixed in the 

 pots when: the tubers are newly potted, 

 but if there are any reasons for not 

 doing so, they must be fixed in their proper position 

 before the young growth has attained a consider- 

 able length ; otherwise there is a great danger of its 

 becoming entangled, and probably it will be seriously 

 injured. 



The form of the trellis must be left to the taste 

 of each cultivator, and it is of little consequence in 

 which way the growth is trained, provided that it is 

 nicely regulated, and not allowed to run together in 

 an inextricable mas3. 



With these remarks are presented three different 

 forms of trellis, which will explain themselves. A 

 balloon (Fig. 1) is perhaps the most desirable ; and 

 assuredly, when covered with the cheerful green 

 foliage, and dotted with the scarlet and yellow 

 flowers, the effect is most satisfactory. Flat trel- 

 lises, of which Figs. 2 and 3 are the type, are very 

 well in their way, and are the most suitable for 

 windows or other positions where there would not 

 be room for a balloon. Small feathery sticks, like the 

 tops of pea sticks, about eighteen inches in length, 

 inserted round the outside of the pot, may be employed instead of 

 wire trainers, and the slender growth twining about the aprays have 

 a most pleasing and picturesque appearance. 



