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plants are dried off gradually, and the pots laid upon their sides in 
the stove as soon as the greater portion of the leaves have died 
down, very few of the corms will perish during the winter. Plants 
employed in the decoration of the conservatory during the summer 
should be taken back to the stove immediately the leaves begin to 
fade, and be gradually dried off. To keep the soil dust dry during 
the winter is not desirable, and my practice is to lay the pots on 
their sides underneath the plant stage, and to syringe all over the 
pots two or three times a week. By this means the corms are pre- 
served in the best possible condition. 
Previous to giving the names of a few of the best kinds for 
general cultivation, it may be well to add that strong plants in five 
or six-inch pots, purchased now and safely wintered, will yield corms 
of sufficient size to produce large specimens next year. They will 
certainly be preferable to small plants purchased in the spring. The 
kinds which may be specially recommended to those who require a 
few of the best only, are as follows :— 
' Argyrites, a dwarf grower, with small leaves, thickly spotted with 
white. 
Beethoven, ground colour white, veined with green, centre rib 
delicate rose. 
Chantini, dark green ground, with a brilliant crimson centre and 
white spots. 
De Humboldt, glossy green, spotted with bright red. 
EF. G. Henderson, green, marked with transparent rose spots and 
brilliant crimson rays and centre. 
Duc De Morny, deep green, with crimson rayed centre. 
Henri Doucet, the centre dark crimson ; mid-rib and veins bright 
reddish crimson; outer portion of leaf green. 
Herold, dark carmine veins, with light green ground, blotched 
‘with pure white. 
Meyerbeer, white ground, green veins and red mid-ribs. 
Napoleon IIL, crimson centre, with carmine red spots on a green 
ound. 
4 Prince Albert Edward, dark green, with crimson mid-rib, radiating 
from the centre towards the margins, the intervening spaces densely 
spotted with white. 
Reine Victoria, green veins and margins, spotted between with 
_ white and crimson. 
Triomphe de L’ Exposition, crimson centre, with red ribs and green 
border. 
PumavetPutA INTERNATIONAL Exurpition, 1876.—The great fruit show at 
Philadelphia, in connection with this Exhibition, will take place from September 11 
to 16, in a special annexe to the Agricultural Hall. Tables and dishes will be pro- 
vided free of charge, and contributions will also be received unpacked and 
_ labelled by the Department. The display promises to be a great success, for the 
_ horticultural societies from Lowa, Michigan, Kansas, Indiana, Massachuseits, Ohio, 
and Canada, have asked for space for ten thousand plates. It will, no doubt, be 
_ the most wonderful sight ever seen in the world, and Philadelphia ouglit to be the 
great central point for horticulturists in September, 1876. 
September. 
