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Culture. The two first kinds may be increased by seed, cuttings 

 of their stalks, and parting the roots. 



The seeds should be sown in autumn, or early in spring, in a 

 warm border, or in pots or boxes, so as to be moved lo different situa- 

 tions in different seasons, to have shelter from frost, and shade from 

 the mid-day sun in summer. Those sown in autumn generally come 

 up more freely the following spring than those which are sown in 

 that season. They should have shelter in hard frosts, either under a 

 frame, or awning of mats, but be fully exposed in mild weather, giv- 

 ing occasional waterings in the spring and summer. When the 

 plants have attained two or three inches growth, they should be 

 pricked out in separate small pots of rich earth, giving water, and 

 placing them in the shade till fresh rooted, repeating the waterings 

 occasionally in hot dry weather, and shifting them into larger pots as 

 they may require; in winter moving them into a frame to have occa- 

 sional shelter from inclement weather; and in the spring following 

 some of them may be turned out into the full ground about March, 

 when they will flower the ensuing summer. Some should also be 

 retained in pots to be moved under shelter in winter, as a reserve in 

 case those in the open air should be killed by frost. 



As these plants generally flower in the greatest perfection the first 

 and second year of their blowing, it is proper to raise a supply of 

 new plants every year or two, in order to have -them flower in the 

 utmost perfection every year. 



The cuttings of the young stalks should be divided into lengths of 



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five or six inches, and be planted in an easterly border, two parts 

 deep, being covered down with hand-glasses, and watered occa- 

 sionally. They mostly emit roots, and form young plants in a month 

 or six weeks; when the glasses should be taken away, and the plants 

 managed as the others. 



These hardy sorts sometimes afford off-sets from their sides at 

 bottom, which may be separated in autumn, and potted far young 

 plants, being managed as the seedlings. 



The last three sorls may also be raised by seeds procured from 

 abroad, wic!i s hould be sown in pots of light sandy earth in the 



