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JOUBNAL OF HOBTlOUliTUBE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEB. 



[ Angnst 19, 1875. 



species that grows well cnltivated in pots. The pot should be 

 filled to quite three parts of its depth with clean crooks ; over 

 the drainage place a layer of fresh sphagnum washed clean; 

 then the compost, which should be of fibrous peat, spha^^aum 



chopped fine, a few bits of charcoal, and a large proportion of 

 broken pots. If the roots grow into a solid mass of sphagnum 

 and peat this will in time decay, and all the roots in the mass 

 will be seriously injured. When the plant has finished its 



Fig. 21.— EpiDESDBCa ADRASTIACD5I. 



growth it requires a season of rest, and this is done by 

 gradually withholding water, and only giving the roots enough 

 to prevent the bulbs from becoming too dry. 



It succeeds best in the warmest part of a cool house, say a 

 minimum temperature of 50°, and when it is making its ,c!rowth 

 the compost should be kept moist on the surface by watering 

 it with a syriuge or fine rose, and thia ought to ha done so 

 that the body of the compost does not become saturated. This 

 species, like the rest of the genus, thrives best when the pot or 



block on which the plant is growing is placed near the glass, 

 shading from bright sunshine. 



THE ARRANGEMENT OF COLOURS 



IN THE BEDS OF THE LONDON PAEK3 AND GARDENS.— No. S. 

 DESIGN FOR FLOWEB Q.^RDEN ON ORiVEL. 



The design here given represents the beds as laid down on 

 gravel, surrounded with a wide margin of grass. The figures 



