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greater part of them are worthy of cultivation. They 
are half hardy, but with us should be grown in pots in 
the greenhouse. About mid-Winter they will begin to 
show their handsome fiowers freely. When done flower- 
ing they should be dried off till September or October, 
which is the proper time to start them again. They 
grow well in a light loam with the addition of leaf mould 
and sand. They are propagated by offsets. 
