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a number of offsets will then, or immediately after, make their 

 appearance. In February or March, or as soon as forcing of anv 

 description is going on, the old root should be shaken out of its 

 present pot, and the offsets be divided and planted singly into 

 small pots well drained, using light rich loam ; then place them in 

 a heat of not less than 70 degrees of Fahrenheit; a dung hot-bed 

 is an excellent situation to bring them on. They will require 

 larger pots as they advance in growth, and a plentiful supply of 

 water. They will generally be in fine flower in July or August, 

 when they may be placed among other tender exotics in the green- 

 house where they make a fine display while in bloom ; after which 

 they may be placed in the stove or the warmest part of the green- 

 house, and have very little water given them for the winter. The 

 Gloxinia speciosa is a plant much better adapted to the green- 

 house than the above ; yet the larger leaves of a full-sized flowering 

 plant generally die in winter, but if kept free from frost, and in a 

 dry state, will set up numerously again in the spring, when they 

 may be fresh potted into a light loam, reducing the balls a little, 

 and paying particular attention to the drainage. When in a free 

 growing state, they will require regularly supplying with water, 

 and fine healthy flowering plants may be expected. I propagate 

 by division of the tubers, striking the young oflsets ; or leaves, 

 with the petioles left the whole length, and put in as cuttings in 

 the usual way, make excellent flowering plants. The above plants, 

 with various other stove perennials, certainly do much better if 

 constantly kept in a stove, than when kept in a green-house ; yet 

 they may be had in tolerable perfection in the latter situation, by 

 keeping the pots dry in winter, and adding extra heat in the spring. 



If you think the above observations worth notice, they are en- 

 tirely at your service. W. K. 



Kirk Ella. 



ARTICLE VI.— Observations on the Sale of Tulips. 

 Communicated by Snowdrop. 



As the season is advancing for London Tulip sales, it may be 

 worth while to put the young and unwary florist on bis guard 

 against imposition. To this end the following remarks of Mr. 



