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and, with a good stock of bulbs, the display may be kept up till 

 April or May. For early flowering, the bulbs should be planted 

 early ia September ; those in flower in spring need, not be planted 

 earlier than recommended for beds. The best pots are those known 

 as "six-inch hyacinth pots," which, being deeper than common, 

 afford more space for the roots. But where these cannot be con- 

 veniently procured, use six or seven-inch pots, such as may be at 

 hand, and these will answer perfectly. 



The soil used for potting should be as rich as possible, such as 

 one half fresh loam, cut from a pasture, with the turf decayed in it, 

 and well-decomposed cow or horse manure, with a small portion of 

 clean sand. Fill the pots lightly with the prepared soil, and place 

 the bulb upon the surface, slightly pressing it into the soil. 



Set the pots on a dry surface, and cover with about three inches 

 of old tan. After remaining here for a month or five weeks, the 

 bulbs will be sufficiently rooted to render it safe to remove them to 

 a gentle bottom-heat of about 55°, and introducing a few pots at 

 intervals of about a fortnight, a succession of flowers will be secured 

 until those in the open air come into bloom. Persons possessing no 

 better accommodation for growing plants than a room window will, 

 with careful management, be able to grow and flower the hyacinth 

 well, if not to have it in bloom as early as those who can command 

 a gentle heat. We need hardly observe that plants grown during 

 the dark days of winter shouUJ be placed near the glass, and be 

 freely supplied with air when this can be given with safety ; and 

 those grown in windows will draw to the light unless the pots are 

 frequently turned. Most persons know that a sitting-room window 

 forms a suitable situation for hyacinths while in bloom, and that 

 their beauty will be no longer fading here than in most situations ; 

 but many remove them from a closs atmosphere, and suddenly ex- 

 pose them to cold drying currents in the sitting-room window, by 

 which they are greatly injured. We warn the inexperienced to 

 guard agaiust this common error, and to avoid subjecting the plants 

 to sudden changes at any period of their growth. 



DIPLADENIA CEASSINODA. 



I1EW plants of a twining character are so suitable for pot 

 culture as this charming Dipladenia. It does not grow 

 too strongly, and under proper management it pro- 

 duces a profusion of large convolvulus-like blossom", 

 which remain long in perfection. For the decoration 

 of a conservatory or a flower-house during summer and early 

 autumn, I know of no more useful plant; for if carefully removed 

 to a cool temperature as soon as the blossoms expand, they will 

 become higher coloured, and remain longer in beauty than in a 

 stove. Cuttings made of short-jointed, half-ripe shoots, will root 

 freely if planted in sandy, peaty soil, covered with a bel'-glass, 



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