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an Oxalis, and start them again, by giv- 

 ing a little water in September. Unless 

 you think there would be too many 

 roots in the pot you may grow them in 

 the same soil, and without repotting 

 them for two years, providing you give 

 them a top dressing of fresh rich earth. 

 They are easily raised from seed, and 

 seedlings one year old will blossom. 

 Their nomenclature is somewhat mud- 

 dled, but the two kinds .known as 

 Fressia re/racta alba, and F. Leichtli- 

 niana are, I think, as good as any. — 

 Wm. Falconer, in Am. Garden. 



EUCHARISES AND THEIR CULTURE. 



Of all plants requiring stove treat- 

 ment that have been introduced into 

 Europe during the present century, 

 there are few, if any, that have become 

 more general favourites than Eucharis 

 amazonica, or that better deserve to be 

 grown by all who have the convenience 

 of a house wherein can be maintained 

 an amount of temperature sufficient to 

 grow it. When this plant tirst made 

 its appearance in this country the ex- 

 treme purity of its lovely white flowers, 

 combined with their exquisite fragrance 

 at once produced an impression in its 

 favor, even though imperfectly grown 

 — imperfectly so far, that the small-pot 

 culture, to which it was then thought 

 best to confine the plant, was not such 

 as to admit of that full development 

 which it has since exem[)lified under 

 more liberal treatment. The restriction 

 of its roots to promote flowering has 

 been found to be altogether unnecessary 

 and to seriously prevent the bulbs from 

 increasing as they would have done if 

 accommodated with plenty of space. In 

 this it differs from most bulbous plants, 

 the genemlity of which do not succeed 

 well under pot culture unless their roots 

 are somewhat confined. It has no par- 

 ticular season of flower ng ; with suit- 

 able treatment the same plants will 



bloom two or three times in the course 

 of the year by subjecting them to a 

 alternate short season of growth and 

 rest. To do it full justice it should not 

 be moved when in bloom to a conserva- 

 tory or other house cooler than that in 

 which it has been brought into flower. 

 Growth should immediately follow the 

 production of bloom, and it naturally 

 receives a check if taken from a warm 

 to a cold temperature. It is a remark- 

 ably effective plant in the stove, its- 

 ample green leaves setting off' to the 

 best advantage the numerous umbels 

 of wax-like flowers that rise well above 

 them. It is, however, especially for 

 the production of cut flowers for filling 

 vases and for bouquets that it is most 

 valuable, almost rivalling in these re- 

 spects the Camellia itself. In addition 

 to the individual flowers standing well 

 when cut (which their peculiar texture 

 and substance insure) each umbel opens 

 its blooms consecutively, so that when 

 desired almost every flower can be used 

 as required, a circumstance that ha» 

 made the plant a general favourite with 

 those who grow flowers for market, or 

 who have to provide for private es- 

 tablishments where a continuous supply 

 is needed. 



Propagation is eflfected by separat- 

 ing the bulbs, which increase moderately 

 fast when well grown, but, like most 

 other evergreen bulbous plants, it does 

 not like to have its roots much dis- 

 turbed. Interfering with them, to the 

 extent necessary when separating them, 

 has the effect of retarding growth for a 

 time ; therefore plants of this Euclmris 

 should only be broken up when they 

 have either got larger than is requisite, 

 or when it is desirable to increase their 

 number. The time for carrying out 

 the operation should also be chosen 

 when growth is complete ; it should 

 not be attempted when the leaves are 

 in coui*se of formation, or when they 

 are not fully matured. Let us suppose 



