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planted about the Ist of April, covering the tuber about 
one inch with light, fine soil. No other care is needed 
than that usually given garden plants. The only care 
required is in the selection of the bulbs, which, if kept 
moist and cool during Winter, are liable to rot away in 
the centre, rendering them worthless for flowering. Per- 
fect tubers will always be green at the top, or at least 
sufficiently so to show signs of life; and in choosing, all 
others should be rejected. 
TENDENCY TO SPORT. 
Many growers of this flower have been sadly disap- 
pointed in the results of their flowers, owing to its ten- 
dency to sport, the flowers coming single instead of 
double, and they naturally ask the cause. We can only 
say, there is a tendency in all sports and hybrids to return 
to their original form, and the Double Tuberose is no 
exception to thisrule. It has been known where large 
stocks were double one year and come nearly all single 
the next. We cannot satisfactorily account for it, and 
only know the annoyance is common in every place in 
which itis grown. Poor cultivation may have something 
to do with it, consequently high cultivation and a rota- 
tion of soil is about the best we can suggest for the pre- 
vention of this evil. 
FIELD CULTURE IN THE SOUTH. 
The fieid culture of the Tuberose is now a large and 
important industry in nearly all of the Southern States, 
millions being grown not only for home use but for ex- 
portation to Europe. Hitherto they were grown almost 
exclusively in Italy, but within the past fifteen years 
European dealers in the bulb find they can get a better 
article at a cheaper rate from the United States. The 
