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PRACTICAL FLOKICULTUBi:. 



off at the end of April, usually making the finest plants. 

 The raising of Verbenas from seed is described in Chapter 

 XV. 



It is useless to particularize the varieties of the Ver- 

 bena, as the yearly improvement by new seedlings is 

 such that those we designate as the finest to-day, will, 

 perhaps, in five years be deemed unworthy of cultivation. 



CHAPTER XXL 



CULTURE OF THE TUBEROSE. 



I know of no flower that is so generally admired, and 

 that is yearly plant- 

 ed with so much 

 uncertainty of 

 blooming as the 

 Tuberose. The ama- 

 teur plants his 

 bulbs of Hyacinths, 

 Tulips, or Gladio- 

 lus, and is just as 

 certain of a bloom 

 following in due 

 season as he is that 

 the summer will 

 follow the spring. 

 But it is not so 

 with his Tuberose 

 bulbs ; unpleasant 

 experience has too 

 often told him that 

 after selecting the 

 sunniest spot in 

 his flower bed, 



and planting with Fig. 47. TUBEROSE BULB WITH SETS. 

 the greatest care, instead of flowers he is rewarded 



