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them up quickly, this plan should be adopted by those 
intending to grow the plant. When the young plant has 
made four or five leaves it must be lifted, and potted into 
the soil recommended, but as very little can be put into 
the small pots thatare first used, some pieces of broken 
pots or stones should be laid on the surface, to keep it 
firm and enable the young and small roots to take hold 
of the soil; this operation must be repeated Whenever the 
pots are getting filled with roots, never forgetting to have 
the soil well warmed before potting, for the least chill 
endangers the well-being of the plants for the entire sea- 
son. About the end of April, if the season is fine, or the 
beginning of May, if it be dull, the plant selected for 
flowering, and which will now have leaves from one and 
a half to two feet in diameter, should be placed in the 
soil, already made thoroughly warm for its reception, in 
the large tank. The crown of the plant should be about 
nine inches under the water when first planted, but as 
the crown gains strength it will soon get tothe top. If 
all should go well by the middle of June the leaves will 
present a fine appearance. The largest we ever saw was 
a little over seven feet in diameter of leaf, and twelve to 
sixteen inches in diameter of flower, and presents in this 
state a truly magnificent appearance. The flowers are 
only of two days duration. The first day it will open 
about 6 p. m., and continue open until nearly the same 
time next morning, after which they rapidly close and 
remain so until evening again. In this stage it is deli- 
ciously fragrant, emitting its perfume for along distance, 
its petals being erect and pure snow white when it opens ; 
the second evening the petals have undergone a complete 
change of color, and the fragrance gone altogether. The 
flowers now reflex so that the point of the petals nearly 
‘touch the water, and are a rich rosy pink, forming a 
