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country, chiefly by sports. The flowers are very graceful 
and are highly admired through the Winter months, at 
which time they are at their best. They are best propa- 
gated by root cuttings. As soon as they are through 
flowering take them up and cut all the strong roots. 
away, then cut them in small pieces about one inch long 
and cover them in the sand in the propagating bed, and 
each piece will start to grow and makea nice plant. As 
soon as about one inch tall, take them from the sand and 
pot in small pots, and gradually shift on as desired to 
larger pots. Plant them out in April in a rich, well pre- 
pared place, and keep watered through the Summer. 
They must also be pinched and cut back a little to keep 
them a good shape. About the end of September they 
must be carefully lifted and set in the greenhouse or pit 
in the place they are intended to flower. After moving 
them in the Fall they will need frequent sprinkling and 
shading from the bright sun to keep them from wilting. 
Alfred Neuner is the best double white, President Gar- 
field the best double pink, but in our estimation the 
single ones are by far the prettiest. Bockii is a‘grand 
single pink variety, and President Cleveland the finest 
scarlet crimson, and Vreelandii one of the best whites. 
DRACZENA. 
& FINE genus of plants. The Dracenas are amongst 
the most useful and beautiful of fine foliaged plants, 
partly owing to their noble but graceful habit, and partly 
owing to the colors which the leaves of many species 
assume. The grand additions that have been made to 
this genus of late years by importation and hybridizing 
is something wonderful. They are easily grown in a 
mixture of two parts peat to one of loam, with good 
