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loam, with a south aspect, so that the bulbs 
can get well ripened during the summer. 
CONANDRON RAMONDIOIDES (/apan). This 
is quite a new introduction, and _ requires 
rather careful handling, in the resting season 
especially, which is from October to February. 
If a place could be arranged on the ledge 
of a rock where the water could only get 
to the roots and run clear away, this position 
would suit it well. If this cannot be arranged 
a sloping bank should be provided, with 
stones behind—with the stones so _ placed 
as to carry the water away from the crowns 
of) the’: plants... but) at the,’ same.) time 
divert its course to the roots, which can 
be managed very well by using a little 
judgment in the arrangement of the stones. 
As soon as the autumn comes a stone should 
be placed over the plants, so as to prevent 
any snow resting on the crowns, and left until 
February. A north aspect suits it best; 
failing this it should be planted so that the 
sun does not reach the leaves—they are so 
very glossy and succulent that the sun soon 
turns them brown. A compost of fibrous 
peat and loam with a little sand added. All 
