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their growth. The best plan is, as soon as the leaves have 

 decayed, to plunge the pot containing the tubers in the open 

 ground, in some convenient place, so that the pot may be an 

 inch below the surface of the ground ; this will keep the 

 tuber from being subjected, during its resting time, to the 

 alternations of drought and moisture, to which it is exposed 

 when kept in the ordinary way, and in which case occasional 

 watering becomes necessary. Under this treatment, an uni- 

 form degree of moisture about the tuber is more nearly 

 realized, and it thus may be, as it should be, so regulated 

 that the amount of moisture present may neither be too great 

 nor too small. In this state the tubers may remain during 

 the summer. Towards the approach of autumn, say by the 

 middle of September, the young leaves ought to make their 

 appearance. When this. is the case, the pot should be brought 

 up to the level of the ground, in which situation it may 

 remain, with carefully regulated waterings, as long as the 

 character of the season will admit ; it must, however, neither 

 be touched by frosts, nor saturated by heavy rains. Hence- 

 forward, the pots must be placed in the window, subject to 

 the provision of exposure to light, and to as much air a& 

 circumstances will admit. 



Plants of Cyclamen persicum, so managed, will come into 

 bloom at the*ordinary blooming season, which will vary, say 

 from February to May, according to the characteristic pecul- 

 iarities of individual plants. But they may be had in bloom 

 earlier, if they are required, and this result is obtained by the 

 application of some extra heat, which cyclamens bear very 

 well. 



Art. VII. Notes on Gardens and Niirsei-ies. 



Hawthorn Grove, Residence of Hon. M. P. Wilder, — 

 August 17th, 1852. — It is sometime since we visited the 

 garden of Mr. Wilder, whose collection of plants, more par- 

 ticularly, we have so often noticed in our several volumes, 



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