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season, and immediately afterwards plunged into a bark bed of mo- 

 derate lemperaLure, a little water being occasionally given till the 

 plants appear, and become of sufficient growth to be transplanted 

 out into separate pots, which should be performed in a careful man- 

 ner, and a little water given immediately afterwards, the pots being 

 directly placed in the stove, where they are to be constantly kept, as 

 in the above kinds. 



The eighth sort is likewise tender. It requires to be treated in 

 the same manner as the Jacoba^a Lily. It is found to increase pretty 

 fast by offsets. When properly managed, it usually flowers in the 

 winter season, especially if the pots be placed in a stove of mode- 

 rate temperature; and as at this period there are but few flowers in 

 the open air, it is more valuable on that account as an ornamental 

 plant for the slovc. 



The ninth species is still more tender: it must of course be 

 placed, during the winter season, in a stove where there is a mode- 

 rate share of warmth; but it should not have so much water as the 

 Jacoboea Lily. It may be raised from offsets. 



The tenth species, or Guernsey Lily, is supposed to have come 

 originally from Japan ; but has been long cultivated in the gardens 

 of Guernsey and Jersey ; in both of which it seems to thrive and 

 succeed as well as if it weie in its native soil. From those islands 

 its roots are annually sent to the curious in different parts of Europe. 

 The root bulbs are generally sent to us in June and July; but 

 the sooner the bulbs are taken out of the ground, after their leaves 

 decay, the better they are; for though the roots, which are taken up 

 when their flower-stems begin to appear, may flower, their flowers are 

 not so larse, or their roots so cood afterwards, as those which are 

 removed before they have sent out fresh root-fibres. 



On obtaining the rools, they should be planted in pots filled with 

 fresh, light, sandy earth, well mixed with a little very rotten dung, 

 to the depth of two or three inches, and then placed in a warm situa- 

 tion; or what is better, in a moderate-stove heat, the earth being- 

 refreshed with water occasionally; but they should not have too 

 much, as it would rot their roots, especially before the stems rise. 



