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Journal of. Agriculture. 



[8 Feb., 1907. 



planted into their flowering quarters immediatelv, or thev mav be potted 

 to plant out later. Where the plants must be grown continuously in one 

 plot of ground, the best plan to adopt is to lift the plants after they are 

 cut down by frost in winter, and plant them temporarily in some other place 

 — under trees or any corner will suffice — but they must not be allowed to 

 become dry and wilted. New soil and manure can then be deeply worked 

 into the bed, and divisions of the plants set out in spring. Pieces of root 

 should be planted aliout two inches beneath the surface. Subsequent cul- 



FLORENCE VAUGHAN " , ORANGE YELLOW. SPOTTED SCARLET. 



FLOWERING TYPE. 



GLADIOLI- 



tivation IS, principally, supplying and maintaining moisture in the soil. 

 Where water is_ scarce, a heavy mulch of stable manure should be applied 

 early in the season, and the plants liberally watered during hot dry weather. 

 Stems that have flowered should be regularly rut awav. 



Varieties worthy of Culture. 



Orchid flowering (mostlv of tall habit of growth) :— Italia, Austria, 

 Alemannia. Africa, America. Bavaria, H. Wendland, Pandora Suevia, 

 Cuba, Heinnch Seidel. .Mont Blanc. 



