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possible, as without this the flowers become pale, weak, ;uk1 of a bad 

 colour. About the end of October it is necessary to remove llieui to 

 the <'-reenhouse, and place them in such situations as lli;it they nuiy 

 have the advantage of free air without being shaded by oilier plants. 

 During the winter season, when the weather is mild, a little water 

 may be given occasionally ; but in case of frost it must be wholly 

 omitted, the plants being kept as dry as possible. 



The only management that plants of this sort demand is that of 

 protection from the effects of frost and too much moisture; it is of 

 course only necessary to shelter them in the house in the winter 

 months, without the aid of artificial heat, and place them out in the 

 open air in summer. 



2. ASPHODELU8 LUTEUS. 



YELLOW ASPHODEL. 



This genus contains i)lants of the herbaceous perennial and an- 

 nual flowery kinds, having fleshy fibrous roots. The King's Spear. 



It belongs to the class and order Hexandria Monogi/nia, and ranks 

 in the natural order of Coronarite. 



The characters of which are: that it has no calyx: the corolla is 

 one-petalled, six-parted ; the divisions lanceolate, flat, and spread- 

 ing: the nectary consists of six very small valves, converging into a 

 globe, inserted into the base of the corolla: the stamina have six fila- 

 ments, subulate, inserted into the valves of the nectary, bowed; alter- 

 nately shorter: the anthers are oblong, incumbent, and rising: the 

 pislillum is a roundish germ, within the nectary: the style subulate, 

 in the same situation with the stamens: stigma truncate: the peri- 

 carpium is a globular capsule, fleshy, three-lobed, and three-celled: 

 the seeds several, triangular, and gibbous on one side. 



