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it to the back part of the greenhouse, and give the water more 

 sparingly during the winter months. The plant is generally 

 grown in stoves, but my experiments have of necessity been con- 

 fined to the greenhouse, in which it flowers from the end of Augus t 

 till November ; but in a stove it will flower as early as June. Its 

 beautiful full foilage, and fine trumpet-shaped flowers, which mea- 

 sure seven or eight inches in diameter, are sufficient recommenda- 

 tion to gain it a place in every collection, and will amply pay 

 every lover of Flora for the extra pains it may require in cultiva- 

 tion.' J. T. 



February \2th, 1834. 



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ARTICLE VI. — On the Culture of Tigridia pavonia. 

 By Miss Emily Armstrongs. 



hi'cTy&fcT correspondent, Mr. E. Edwards, of Stames, went to a 

 very unnecessary trouble in the cultivation of this very beautiful 

 flower, as described by him in the November Number (page 212) 

 of your valuable Cabinet ; and your correspondent, " Snowdrop," 

 plants them a month too soon. My treatment is as follows : — 

 The latter end of the month of March, I prepare my beds, con- 

 sisting of rich loam, leaf-mould, and an eighth part of pit sand ; 

 the whole is then well mixed up together, and the surface raked 

 smooth and even. In these beds, about the first week in April, I 

 plant my bulbs about live inches apart and three inches deep, 

 placing a little sand under and round each bulb ; they require no 

 further care, except that, if the weather be very dry, they should 

 have a little water given them. When the foliage is brown and 

 decayed, I take up the bulbs, and spread them on a gravel walk 

 till perfectly dry. I then tie them up in bunches of from nine to 

 twelve, according to the size, and hang them up in a store room, 

 having occasional fires in it in cold and wet weather : here they 

 remain till the ensuing season for planting. By the above method, 

 the flowers grow very large, and the blossom is abundant. I hope 

 this plain statement may gratify your correspondent " M. S. Y." 

 of Hampstead. Emily Armstronge 



Castlerahan, Ireland, March 2\st, 1834. 



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