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That is what the young feel. The old can do without 

 companionship . 



My little conservatory looked bright and full of 

 bloom. Last year I had a lot of Daffodils in pans, and 

 they did very well and forced easily. This year I have 

 Hyacinths ; but, though they were not very good bulbs 

 some being successful, and some failures still they 

 look well and picturesque in the open pans ; far prettier 

 than in pots. I have one little oriental slop-basin filled 

 with the bright blue Scillas, which is very effective ; 

 and the Freesias are always most satisfactory. Mr. 

 Sydenham recommends buying them each year ; but I 

 think, cheap as they are, that must be advice rather for 

 the seller than for the buyer, as with us, treated as 

 recommended before, they improve and increase, and, 

 when there is so much to buy, that is what I call satis- 

 factory. The common Lachenalias do the same. The 

 Lachenalia aurea is more difficult to increase. Lache- 

 nalias do not require so much baking and drying as the 

 Freesias do, and should be kept in half shade in a frame 

 after the leaves die down, and not quite dry. Early 

 re -potting in July is desirable for both. 



To make variety in colour, and because they are such 

 useful flowers for picking their duration in water 

 being almost endless I have several pots of the Orchid 

 Dendrobium mobile, and one fine spike of Odontoglossum 

 Alexandria in full bloom. My large, old-fashioned, 

 sweet -smelling white Azalea, which has been so faithful 

 a friend for many years, has failed this year either 

 from mere fatigue of being forced, or from being over- 

 dried and pot -bound last summer, which I think more 

 likely. I have a young plant of the same which is now 

 in full flower Azalea indica alba it is called in the 

 catalogues. But often other varieties are sent out under 

 the same name which have no scent at all, and are con- 



