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Culture. — The two fust kinds may be increased by seed, cuttings 

 of their stalks, and parting the roots. • ■ 



The seeds shoukl be sown in auliunn, or early in spring, in a 

 warm border, or in pots or boxes, so as to be moved lo dificrcnt situa- 

 tions in different seasons, to have shelter from frost, and shade from 

 the mid-day sun in summer. Those sown in autumn generally come 

 up more freely the following spring than those which are sown in 

 that season. They should have shelter in hard frosts, either under a 

 frame, or awning of mats, but be fully exposed in mikl weather, giv- 

 ing occasional waterings in the spring and summer. When the 

 plants have attained two or three inches growth, they should be 

 pricked out in separate small pols of rich earth, giving water, and 

 placing them in the shade till Iresh rooted, repealing the waterings 

 occasionally in hot dry weather, and shifting them into larger pots as 

 they may require; in winter moving them into a frame to have occa- 

 sional shelter from inclement weather; and in the spring following- 

 some of them may be turned out into the full ground about IMarch, 

 when they will flower the ensuing summer. Some should also be 

 retained in pots to be moved under shelter in winter, as a reserve in 

 case those in the open air sho;dd be killed by frost. 



As these plants generally flower in tlie greatest perfection the first 

 and second year of their blowing, it is proper to raise a supply of 

 new plants every year or two, in order to have them flower in the 

 utmost perfection every year. -■\'. ■■ ■< 



The cutlini's of the youn"' stalks should be divided into Icniiths of 

 five or six inches, and be planted in an easterly border, two parts 

 deep, being covered down witli hand-glasses, and watered occa- 

 sionally. They mostly emit roots, and form young jilants in a month 

 or six weeks; when the glasses should l)e taken away, and the plants 

 managed as the others. 



These hardy sorts sometimes afford off-sets from their sides a^ 

 bottom, which may be separated in autumn, and potted for young 

 plants, being managed as the seedlings. 



The last tlnee sorts may also be raised by seeds procured from 

 abroad, wic'i should h'c sown in pots of light sandy cailh in the 



