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support the fnis'jps, let tfiem have all the air possible. Thus, having nothrng 

 to retard or check their growth, tijey cauiiot fail to go on well, and produce 

 large trusses of rich bloom, 



APRIL. 



By the end of the first or second week in April, the flowers wiH begin to 

 expand, and shew their colours; when the lights must be kept on, by day and 

 night, to prevent them from getting washed by the rain, or tarnished by the 

 sun ; either of which would deaden their brilliancy, and spoil their beauty. 

 Air must be given by raising the lights at the back of the frames; and thin 

 mats thrown over them, to keep out the hot sun, during the middle part of 

 tlie day. Let the frames be shut close in the evening, and warm covering 

 continued a while longer in ease of frost. Now is the time to thitt out the 

 crowded pips from the centre of the trusses, which will give more room to the 

 rest to grow, and to expand themselves, and lie flat, and come more nearly of 

 a size. When the plants are fully blown, let the best and strongest of them 

 be taken out of the frames, aad be set on boards, sand, or coal ashes, behind 

 a low fence, or private hedge, and covered with large hand glasses. Here 

 they will remain cool, and shaded, and preserve their blossoms fresh for three 

 weeks. Cover them with a mat at night. 



As soon as the flowers begin to fade, remove them to a north or north-east 

 aspect, where they will have to remain till November; when you should be 

 provided with the conveniency of placing them on a raised platform, and of 

 sheltering them from the sun and rain with boards or shutters, hung on hinges, 

 to let up and down, as occasion requires ; our plants are never set on the damp 

 open ground. Summer or Autumn. Do not forget, in June, to pluck oft' the 

 dying petals, which, if left on, are injurious to their forming the seed. You 

 may likewise nip ofl" the whole of the pips on young plants, just above the 

 pedicels, to strengthen aud increase their growth, Many persons, who are 

 careless about the seed, serve them all in this way. 



POTTING. 



As to the fittest time for shifting the plants into fresh compost, it matters 

 very little in my opinion, whether it be done the beginning of June, or two 

 mouths later. From experience, I have found either time suitable ; provided 

 you can meet with a few days of clouded sky and moist atmosphere. The 

 plants, after flowering, relapse into inactivity, and grow very little during the 

 hot Summer months. If you pot early, you ought, also, to top-dress the 

 plants with fresh compost in September; because the mould iu the pots, by 

 that time, must be greatly impoverished by watering. 



Remove all large offsets from the plants some time iu March, because they 

 grow quickest in the Spring. — Hogg's Supplement. 



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QUERIES. 



Method of cuitivating Tigridia pavonia. — Will you, or any of your 

 correspondents, be kind enough to inform me of the best method of cultiva- 

 ting that beautiful plant, Tigridia pavonia — whether it is best raised in a 

 slight hot-bed or in the open ground, and whether it is advisable to grow it iu 



