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tifully, and I expect to have them in flower till Septem- 
ber. Then I shall let them dry up gradually till they 
lose their leaves, when I shall lift the roots, store them 
in earth in a shallow box, and keep them dry over win- 
ter. Next spring they will be available for pot culture 
for early flowers, or for again planting in frames. I pre- 
fer one and two-year-old plants to those that are older, 
hence would raise a fresh lot from seed every year.” 
The tubers should be started into growth about the 
first of March, or earlier, if they have sprouted. Give 
them three-inch pots, filled with light, sandy soil, made 
rich with thoroughly rotted manure. Place them in the 
warm greenhouse, shaded from the sun, but as near the 
light as possible. Shift into larger pots, as required. 
The atmosphere should always be warm and moist, and 
the plants should never suffer for want of water, but the 
leaves should never be wet on their upper surface. After 
flowering, water should generally be withheld until the 
plants are dry, then set away in some warm, dry place, 
until it'is time to start into growth again. Any desired 
variety may be propagated by division of the tubers, or 
from leaf cuttings, in the same manner as the Rex vari- 
eties of the Begonia. The Gloxinia was named in honor 
of P. B. Gloxin, a botanist of Colmar. 
GOLDEN LILY. 
See Lycoris. 
GRAPE HYACINTH. 
See Muscari. 
GREEN DRAGON. 
See Ariseema, Page 31, 
| - GRIFFINTIA, 
A small genus of handsome greenhouse bulbs from 
South America, belonging to the natural order, Amaryl. 
